Crossland Key Cases

Reported Cases.

Blundell v Governing Body of St Andrews 

Beverley Sunderland was the advocate representing the School at both the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. This case was the first case to determine the question "what does it mean to return to the same job at the end of maternity leave". http://bit.ly/1fTpDKY

Sage (UK) Limited v Bacco

Beverley Sunderland was the advocate at both the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal acting for Sage (UK) Limited in having the finding of unfair dismissal overturned and the matter referred back to a different Employment Tribunal. http://bit.ly/1cgh7Bb

Thomas (1) and Comsoft (2) v Robinson

Beverley Sunderland was the advocate as both the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal acting for Ms Thomas and Comsoft in overturning a finding by the Tribunal that a one off comment made amounted to harassment on the grounds of race without making enquiries about the actual detriment suffered and cutting off cross examination on this point.http://bit.ly/1gfmEec

F&G Cleaners v Saddington & Others

Beverley Sunderland acted for F&G Cleaners at the appeal stage (not for the original tribunal). This case related to automatic unfair dismissal following a TUPE transfer when the Claimants were offered the opportunity to be self employed contractors. The Tribunal said that it was not a failure to mitigate by the claimants not accepting the jobs on a self employed basis and the EAT said that this was not wrong. They would have lost their statutory rights even though they would have been lost if they were dismissed anyway. The Tribunal had considered everything including inferior terms. http://bit.ly/1jmBUuP