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Union recognition: union can apply to CAC where employees sufficiently strongly connected to GB

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 7 2012

The High Court has decided that a bargaining unit of pilots working for a UK registered company in several European countries was sufficiently strongly connected to Great Britain to enable the trade union to seek statutory recognition for collective bargaining from the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC

Government sets out plans for review of UK airport capacity

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 2 2012

The Government has today announced the terms of reference and membership of the independent Commission tasked with identifying and recommending to Government options for maintaining the UK's status as an international hub for aviation

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Court of Appeal decision on best endeavours clause

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 12 2012

By a majority, the Court of Appeal has held that an airport operator’s obligation to use best endeavours to promote an airline’s low-cost services gave rise to an enforceable obligation to operate outside normal opening hours, as this was essential to the airline’s business model

British employment law rights extended to employees based outside of Great Britain

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 20 2011

The English Court of Appeal has held that Hong-Kong based cabin crew who served on flights between Hong Kong and London can bring age and race discrimination claims in England under English law (British Airways plc v Eliza Mak (2010

The EU's Emission Trading System (EU ETS) takes off

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 31 2011

From 1 January 2012, aircraft operators which operate international flights to, from or between EU airports will be required to surrender emissions allowances against their carbon emissions as part of the EU's Emission Trading System

Advocate General concludes that qualifying periods can restrict freedom of movement

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 3 2010

Employers who transfer employees between member states may need to consider how to ensure that members' benefits are not adversely affected by the transfer in light of a decision of the Advocate General in Maurits Casteels v British Airways plc (C-37909

High Court clarifies the scope of patent infringement by dealings in a kit of parts

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 2 2010

This week, Mr Justice Arnold delivered his judgment in the latest instalment of the dispute relating to aircraft business class seats

Court of Appeal refuses to extend boundaries of representative action procedure to create English class action

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 18 2010

The Court of Appeal has today dismissed the claimants' appeal in Emerald Supplies Ltd and another v British Airways PLC 2010 EWCA Civ 1284, refusing to allow the action to proceed as a representative action under Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 19

UK Employment Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear Hong Kong flight attendants’ age and race discrimination claims

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 19 2010

In a judgment given in January 2010, the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal denied an appeal brought by British Airways (BA) and upheld the finding of the Employment Tribunal that BA's Hong Kong resident flight attendants could pursue age and race discrimination claims under UK legislation

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