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Landmark Employment cases

Foundational UK employment authorities — unfair dismissal, discrimination, Equality Act — ordered by citation impact.

32 landmarks, ordered by citation impact.

  1. 01

    Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions

    [1968] 2 QB 497 · Queen's Bench Division · 1968
  2. 02

    Market Investigations v Minister of Social Security

    [1969] 2 QB 173 · Queen's Bench Division · 1969
  3. 03

    Western Excavating v Sharp

    [1978] QB 761 · Court of Appeal · 1978
  4. 04

    British Home Stores v Burchell

    [1980] ICR 303 · Employment Appeal Tribunal · 1980
  5. 05

    Williams v Compair Maxam

    [1982] ICR 156 · Employment Appeal Tribunal · 1982
  6. 06

    Iceland Frozen Foods v Jones

    [1983] ICR 17 · Employment Appeal Tribunal · 1983
  7. 07

    Mandla v Dowell Lee

    [1983] 2 AC 548 · House of Lords · 1983
  8. 08

    Nethermere v Gardiner

    [1984] ICR 612 · Court of Appeal · 1984
  9. 09

    TUPE — Spijkers v Gebroeders Benedik Abattoir CV

    [1986] 2 CMLR 296 · European Court of Justice · 1986
  10. 10

    Faccenda Chicken v Fowler

    [1987] Ch 117 · Court of Appeal · 1987
  11. 11

    Polkey v AE Dayton Services

    [1988] AC 344 · House of Lords · 1988
  12. 12

    Discrimination — James v Eastleigh Borough Council

    [1990] 2 AC 751 · House of Lords · 1990
  13. 13

    Equal Pay — Enderby v Frenchay Health Authority

    [1993] ECR I-5535 · European Court of Justice · 1993
  14. 14

    Trade Unions — Associated Newspapers Ltd v Wilson

    [1995] 2 AC 454 · House of Lords · 1995
  15. 15

    Malik v BKCI

    [1998] AC 20 · House of Lords · 1998
  16. 16

    Carmichael v National Power

    [1999] 1 WLR 2042 · House of Lords · 1999
  17. 17

    Nagarajan v London Regional Transport

    [2000] 1 AC 501 · House of Lords · 2000
  18. 18

    Johnson v Unisys

    [2001] UKHL 13 · House of Lords · 2001
  19. 19

    Working Time — R v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, ex parte BECTU

    [2001] ECR I-4881 · European Court of Justice · 2001
  20. 20

    Whistleblowing — Parkins v Sodexho Ltd

    [2002] IRLR 109 · Employment Appeal Tribunal · 2002
  21. 21

    Shamoon v Chief Constable

    [2003] UKHL 11 · House of Lords · 2003
  22. 22

    Eastwood v Magnox Electric

    [2004] UKHL 35 · House of Lords · 2004
  23. 23

    James v London Borough of Greenwich

    [2008] EWCA Civ 35 · Court of Appeal · 2008
  24. 24

    Gisda Cyf v Barratt

    [2010] UKSC 41 · Supreme Court · 2010
  25. 25

    Autoclenz v Belcher

    [2011] UKSC 41 · Supreme Court · 2011
  26. 26

    Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital

    [2011] UKSC 58 · Supreme Court · 2011
  27. 27

    Seldon v Clarkson Wright

    [2012] UKSC 16 · Supreme Court · 2012
  28. 28

    Homer v Chief Constable

    [2012] UKSC 15 · Supreme Court · 2012
  29. 29

    Essop v Home Office

    [2017] UKSC 27 · Supreme Court · 2017
  30. 30

    Pimlico Plumbers v Smith

    [2018] UKSC 29 · Supreme Court · 2018
  31. 31

    Uber BV v Aslam

    [2021] UKSC 5 · Supreme Court · 2021
  32. 32

    D.E.L.T.A. Merseyside Limited and another v Uber Britannia Limited

    [2025] UKSC 31 · United Kingdom Supreme Court · 2025