UK: Employment Update - November 2017
6 November 2017
Welcome to this month's briefing in which we explore two cases where an employee has been manipulated and/or influenced to take a particular decision. In such circumstances, who is the decision maker for the purposes of identifying an employer's reasons for the action complained of? Can the unlawful motives of a manipulating colleague be attributed to the decision maker? Will exerting influence over the decision maker mean that there are in fact two (or more) decision makers? We also report on a decision that expands on the principle that a transferee acquires a transferor's liability in tort for personal injury.
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