Contract of Service in UK Law

  • Nethermere (St. Neots) Ltd v Gardiner
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 Mayo 1984
    ... ... S.153(l) provides that "employment" means "employment under a contract of employment"; "employee" means "an individual who has entered into or ... of employment" and "contract of employment" means "a contract of service or apprenticeship, whether express or implied, and (if not express) ... ...
  • O'Kelly v Trusthouse Forte Plc
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 Julio 1983
    ... ... Mr Hourigan maintains a list of some 44 wine butlers and 60 food service waiters and waitresses. They are known as "regulars" and are rostered in ... employers to be casual workers and not employees engaged under a contract of employment. The separate position of casual workers is recognised by ... ...
  • Massey v Crown Life Insurance Company
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 04 Noviembre 1977
    ... ... for unfair dismissal if he is an employee employed under a contract of service, what appears from section 50, subsection (1), of the Act, It ... ...
  • Express & Echo Publications Ltd v Tanton
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 Marzo 1999
    ... ... to work for another in return for payment is an employee under a contract of service or a self-employed contractor under a contract for services ... ...
  • James v Greenwich London Borough Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 Febrero 2008
    ... ... Mr Jonathan Cohen (instructed by Legal Service Department London Borough of Greenwich) for the Respondent ... Hearing ... , Elias J) were that she was not employed by the Council under a contract of service. So she fell outside the job security scheme of statutory ... ...
  • Laws v London Chronicle (Indicator Newspapers) Ltd
    • Court of Appeal
    • 22 Abril 1959
    ... ... Campbell, she left the service of the Defendant company. In this action she sued for damages for wrongful ... and the cases to which we have been referred is that, since a contract of service is but an example of contracts in general, so that the general ... ...
  • Geys v Societe Generale, London Branch
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 Diciembre 2012
    ... ... amounting to more than €12.5m and to damages for breach of contract. The Bank's case is that the appellant is entitled to a termination ... Contract; or • 1 week for each complete year of service up to a maximum of 12 weeks' notice after 12 years' continuous service ... ...
  • Rookes v Barnard
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Enero 1964
    ... ... They neither broke their contract with him nor committed any tort against him. In this action the Appellant ... and later, by appropriate notice, determined his contract of service. It is to be noted that there was no breach by B.O.A.C. of the Appellant's ... ...
  • Gunton v Richmond-upon-Thames London Borough Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 Julio 1980
    ... ... Gunton") in relation to his contract of servicec with the Borough. By his cross-notice Mr. Gunton asks this C ... side and will be subject to the National Scheme of Conditions of Service for Local Authorities A. P. T ... and Clerical Services which will govern ... ...
  • Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher and Others
    • Supreme Court
    • 27 Julio 2011
    ... ... individual who has entered into or works under … (a) a contract of employment; or (b) any other contract, whether express or ... classic description of a contract of employment (or a contract of service as it used to be called) is found in the judgment of MacKenna J in Ready ... ...
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