Paul Sullivan

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• Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds dismissal in Pasha v The Home Office
  Written by: Verilaw Editorial | Reviewed by: Paul Sullivan | ⏱ 3 min read The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed Ms Rukhsana Pasha’s appeal against a Watford Employment Tribunal’s finding that her summary dismissal for gross misconduct was fair. The appeal concerned unauthorised database look‑ups by a long‑serving immigration enforcement officer, the application of… Read more: Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds dismissal in Pasha v The Home Office
• Bank of Africa UK PLC & Ors v Hassani
  Employment Appeal Tribunal allows appeal in Bank of Africa UK PLC & Ors v Hassani The Employment Appeal Tribunal allowed the appeal by Bank of Africa UK PLC and two individual respondents, overturning findings that Ms Hassani had become an employee of the UK bank and had been automatically unfairly dismissed for whistleblowing. The Tribunal… Read more: Bank of Africa UK PLC & Ors v Hassani
• Legal latest: UKSC – Corporation tax
  The Supreme Court clarified the statutory interpretation of “incidental to” under section 356LA(3) of the Corporation Tax Act 2010, holding that accommodation services constituted an independent use rather than being merely incidental to tender assisted drilling operations. The decision establishes that for one use to be incidental to another, it must arise out of or be carried… Read more: Legal latest: UKSC – Corporation tax
• Legal latest: EAT – amending time
  The Employment Appeal Tribunal allowed an appeal where an employment judge erroneously treated complaints of disability discrimination and victimisation as amendment applications rather than addressing the correct statutory test for time extensions under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA). The EAT granted an anonymity order based on fresh medical evidence and remitted the matter for rehearing. Background  JK,… Read more: Legal latest: EAT – amending time
• Legal latest: UKSC – hybrid transactions
  The UK Supreme Court has established a clear-cut test for determining when lenders are put on inquiry in non-commercial hybrid transactions that combine joint borrowing and surety elements. Where any more than a de minimis portion of a loan serves to discharge one borrower’s debts, the transaction constitutes a surety requiring compliance with the Etridge protocol. Background… Read more: Legal latest: UKSC – hybrid transactions