Hearings
20 Jun 2017 UKEAT/286/15; UKEAT/289/15; UKEAT/9/16; UKEAT/227/16; UKEAT/59/16; [2018] ICR 921, EAT (Lewis J)
17 Jan 2019 [2019] EWCA Civ 8; [2019] ICR 910; [2019] 3 All ER 1046; [2019] WLR (D) 25, CA (Longmore, Bean LJJ, Sir Colin Rimer)
Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley
Additional names
Callaghan v Birmingham City Council
Fenton v Asda Stores Ltd
Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Ahmed
Brierley v Asda Stores Ltd
Ahmed v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
Farmah v Birmingham City Council
Subject Matter
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Employment tribunals — Multiple claims — Equal pay claims included in single claim form — Permissible where claims based on same set of facts — Whether claims based on same facts irregular if included in form with non-complying claims — Whether discretion to waive irregularity — Relevant considerations where irregularity resulting in underpayment of tribunal fees — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 66 — Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1237), Sch 1, rr 6, 9
UKEAT/286/15; UKEAT/289/15; UKEAT/9/16; UKEAT/227/16; UKEAT/59/16; [2018] ICR 921, EAT
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Employment tribunals — Multiple claims — Multiple equal pay claims included in single claim form — Permissible where claims based on same set of facts — Whether claims based on same facts irregular if included in form with non-complying claims — Whether irregularity to be waived — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 66 — Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1237), Sch 1, rr 6, 9
[2019] EWCA Civ 8; [2019] ICR 910; [2019] 3 All ER 1046; [2019] WLR (D) 25, CA
Appellate History
Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley UKEAT/286/15; UKEAT/289/15; UKEAT/9/16; UKEAT/227/16; UKEAT/59/16; [2018] ICR 921, EAT
Decision of Lewis J reversed in part
Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley [2019] EWCA Civ 8; [2019] ICR 910; [2019] 3 All ER 1046; [2019] WLR (D) 25, CA
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 66
Statutory Instruments
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley UKEAT/286/15; UKEAT/289/15; UKEAT/9/16; UKEAT/227/16; UKEAT/59/16; [2018] ICR 921, EAT
Albion Hotel (Freshwater) Ltd v Silva [2002] IRLR 200, EAT
Baisley v South Lanarkshire Council UKEATS/2/16; [2017] ICR 365, EAT
Blockbuster Entertainment Ltd v James [2006] EWCA Civ 684; [2006] IRLR 630, CA
Brett v Hampshire County Council UKEAT/500/08 (unreported) 25 January 2010, EAT
Cranwell v Cullen UKEATS/46/14 (unreported) 20 March 2015, EAT(Sc)
Deangate Ltd v Hatley UKEAT/0389/14; [2015] ICR 890, EAT
Duport Steels Ltd v Sirs [1980] 1 WLR 142; [1980] ICR 161; [1980] 1 All ER 529, HL(E)
Hamilton v NHS Grampian UKEATS/67/10 (unreported) 20 July 2011, EAT(Sc)
Harris v Academies Enterprise Trust [2015] ICR 617, EAT
Hartlepool Borough Council v Llewellyn UKEAT/6/08; [2009] ICR 1426; [2009] WLR (D) 216, EAT
Isle of Anglesey County Council v Welsh Ministers [2009] EWCA Civ 94; [2010] QB 163; [2009] 3 WLR 813; [2009] 3 All ER 1110, CA
Macarthys Ltd v Smith (Case 129/79) EU:C:1980:103; [1980] ICR 672; [1981] QB 180; [1980] 3 WLR 929; [1981] 1 All ER 111, ECJ and CA
Murray v Standard Life UKEATS/3/14 (unreported) 27 July 2014, EAT(Sc)
Nayif v High Commission of Brunei Darussalam [2014] EWCA Civ 1521; [2015] ICR 517; [2015] 4 All ER 159; [2014] WLR (D) 508, CA
Neale v Hereford and Worcester County Council [1986] ICR 471; [1986] IRLR 168, CA
Potter v North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (No 2) UKEAT/0385/08; [2009] IRLR 900, EAT
Prest v Mouchel Business Services Ltd UKEAT/604/10; [2011] ICR 1345, EAT
R v Bentham [2005] UKHL 18; [2005] 1 WLR 1057; [2005] 2 All ER 65; [2005] 2 Cr App R 175, HL(E)
R v Chard [1984] AC 279; [1983] 3 WLR 835; [1983] 3 All ER 637; 78 Cr App R 106, HL(E)
R v Robert Millar (Contractors) Ltd [1970] 2 QB 54; [1970] 2 WLR 541; [1969] 3 All ER 257; [1970] RTR 155, QBD
R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Ex p Spath Holme Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 1572, HL(E)
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council v Bainbridge (No 2) [2008] EWCA Civ 885; [2009] ICR 133, CA
Roberts v Chief Constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight UKEAT/254/14 (unreported) 14 August 2014, EAT
SCA Packaging Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs [2007] EWHC 270 (Ch); [2007] STC 1640, Ch D
SCF Finance Co Ltd v Masri (No 3) [1987] QB 1028; [1987] 2 WLR 81; [1987] 1 All ER 194, CA
Wilson v First County Trust Ltd (No 2) [2001] 1 WLR 2238, HL(E)
Cases cited in: Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley [2019] EWCA Civ 8; [2019] ICR 910; [2019] 3 All ER 1046; [2019] WLR (D) 25, CA
Abdulla v Birmingham City Council [2012] UKSC 47; [2012] ICR 1419; [2013] 1 All ER 649; [2012] WLR (D) 294; Case details, SC(E)
Hamilton v NHS Grampian UKEATS/67/10 (unreported) 20 July 2011, EAT(Sc)
Hartlepool Borough Council v Llewellyn UKEAT/6/08; [2009] ICR 1426; [2009] WLR (D) 216, EAT
Leverton v Clwyd County Council [1989] AC 706; [1989] 2 WLR 47; [1989] ICR 33; [1989] 1 All ER 78; 87 LGR 269, HL(E)
Nayif v High Commission of Brunei Darussalam [2014] EWCA Civ 1521; [2015] ICR 517; [2015] 4 All ER 159; [2014] WLR (D) 508, CA
R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor (Nos 1 and 2) [2017] UKSC 51; [2020] AC 869; [2017] 3 WLR 409; [2017] ICR 1037; [2017] 4 All ER 903; [2017] WLR (D) 552; Case details, SC(E)
Cases citing
Cases citing: Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley [2019] EWCA Civ 8; [2019] ICR 910; [2019] 3 All ER 1046; [2019] WLR (D) 25, CA
Clark v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 386; [2023] ICR 1169; [2023] IRLR 562; [2023] WLR(D) 172, CA
Clark v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd [2022] EAT 143; [2023] ICR 20, EAT
Commentary
New Law Journal
Employment Law Brief
(2019) 169 NLJ 7827, p 10