Oliver Segal

OLIVER's PRACTICE AREAS

Oliver has been involved in several reported cases in the field of employment law, the most significant of which are:

• RMT v. LUL [1995] IRLR 636, CA (strike injunction);

• BBC v. Farnworth [1998] ICR 1116, EAT (meaning of redundancy);

• Newbold & Smyth v. Leicester City Council, [1999] ICR 1182, CA (local authority's right to withhold contractual payments on basis ultra vires as being too generous);

• Marlow v. East Thames Housing Group Ltd [2002] IRLR 798, H Ct (right to benefits under a PHI scheme);

• Walker v. Co-operative Insurance Society [2003] All ER (D) 219 (Apr), CA (Working Time Regs.);

• Bamsey & others v. Albon Engineering plc [2004] IRLR 457, CA (Working Time Regs);

• Heath v. Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2005] ICR 329, IRLR 270, CA (judicial immunity, police disciplinary regs.);

• Stevens v. Bower & anor [2004] ICR 1582, IRLR 957, CA (s. 218 ERA, continuity of employment);

• RMT v. English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Co Ltd [2004] All ER (D) 203 (Oct), CA (strike injunction, requirements of ballot notice);

• Skiggs v. South West Trains [2005] IRLR 459, EAT (right to be accompanied; compensation for refusal of time off for trade union acitivities);

• Coutts & anor v. Cure & anor [2005] ICR 1099, EAT (discrimination against fixed-term employees).

• Amicus v. GBS Tooling Ltd [2005] IRLR 683 (level of protective award

• Unison v Bakhsh [2009] IRLR 418