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Overseas Workers: Sue and be sued
Jo Broadbent examines two recent decisions on whether the UK courts had jurisdiction to hear claims involving employees based abroad ‘Since Ravat, it has been clear that an expatriate employee must have an especially strong connection with Great Britain and British employment law before an employment tribunal will have jurisdiction to hear their statutory employment …
Cases Referenced
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- Bosworth v Arcadia Petroleum Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 818
- Dhunna v CreditSights Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1238
- Jeffery v The British Council [2016] UKEAT/0036/16
- Lawson v Serco Ltd [2006] UKHL 3
- R (on the application of Hottak) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2016] EWCA Civ 438
- Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd [2010] CSIH 52; [2012] UKSC 1