Weekly issue 64 - November 2001

Seriously damaging trust and confidence

Latest in a developing line of cases on the scope of the contractual obligation of mutual trust and confidence is BG plc v O'Brien.

Levels of interest

R v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police ex parte Bennion [2001] IRLR 442

Bargaining on pensions

After a successful application for trade union recognition under the statutory procedure, the aim is for the parties to agree a method of collective bargaining.

Revising TUPE

On 10 September at the TUC Congress, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry announced the publication of the government's consultation document on proposed revisions to TUPE.

Unprotected sex discrimination

We reported in Issue 55, (February 2001) the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in this case.

Cullen 2 Railtrack 0

The second part of Lord Cullen's Report into the Ladbroke Grove train crash (1999), concerning the management of safety and the regulatory regime, was published on 20 September 2001.

Not yet come of age

The Employment Appeal Tribunal decision of Harvest Town Circle Ltd v Rutherford concems the age limit of 65 in unfair dismissal and redundancy cases.