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The Privy Council held there was no evidential basis for a finding that Mr Appadoo’s employment ended on 24 November 2012, and awarded interest at 4.5%.
Birmingham City Council v Unite the Union [2026] EWHC 633 (KB) (17 March 2026)
The High Court fined Unite the Union £265,000 for contempt after finding repeated breaches of an injunction during Birmingham's waste strike were deliberate, not a genuine misunderstanding.
The High Court fined Unite the Union £265,000 for contempt after admitted breaches of an injunction regulating picketing and protests during a Birmingham refuse dispute.
The High Court ordered lead claimants and a split liability trial in this group action, refused a preliminary issues trial on assumed facts, and allowed limited early disclosure.
The claimant was not a 'worker' under section 230 ERA 1996, Regulation 2 WTR 1998, or the EU Working Time Directive, as there was no direct contract between him and the respondent; the contract existed between the Health Board and the partnership, not the individual. The regulatory framework did not create the requisite subordination or direction for EU worker status. The Employment Tribunal's approach and conclusions were correct in law and supported by established authority.
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BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd v Unite the Union [2025] EWHC 3106 (KB) (25 November 2025)
The High Court dismissed BAE’s application for an interim injunction against Unite, finding Unite was likely to succeed in showing no prior call or inducement of breach.
The Employment Tribunal rejected an illegality defence and upheld claims for wages, notice pay, automatic unfair dismissal, holiday pay, and some statutory failures.
The Privy Council held that section 93 gives the six-month limit for all criminal prosecutions under Trinidad and Tobago’s Occupational Safety and Health Act.
The Privy Council held that section 26A deemed the Association the recognised majority union for CAA workers, but collective bargaining duties had not yet crystallised.
The Privy Council reinstated exemplary damages and costs awarded to an unfairly dismissed employee, holding the Court of Appeal lacked jurisdiction to set them aside.
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