Court Court of Appeal End date October 16, 1998 | Decided 16 October 1998 | |
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Citation(s) [1998] EWCA Civ 1551, [1999] ICR 794 People also search for Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Slater | ||
Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Ltd v Lister [1998] EWCA Civ 1551 is a UK labour law case, concerning the effects of a business transfer on an employee's rights at work.
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Facts
The transferee of the business that Mr Lister worked for, Credit Suisse, put a gardening clause into 209 employees’ new contracts. Mr Lister, who had been the head of European Equities, sought an injunction. The employees also had some advantageous new terms from the old ones under Barclays de Zoete Wedd.
Judgment
Clarke LJ held that the gardening clause was contrary to the purpose of now TUPER 2006 regulation 4 and contrary to the purpose of the Business Transfers Directive.
References
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