Decided 16 February 1995 Judge sittings Martin Nourse, Robin Auld | End date February 16, 1995 | |
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Citation(s) [1995] EWCA Civ 37, [1995] IRLR 493 Ruling court Court of Appeal of England and Wales Similar O'Kelly v Trusthouse Forte plc, Carmichael v National Power plc, Nethermere (St Neots) Ltd v Gar, Pfeiffer v Deutsches Rotes Kre, James v Greenwich LBC | ||
Lane v Shire Roofing Co (Oxford) Ltd [1995] EWCA Civ 37 is a UK labour law case concerning the scope of protection for people to employment rights. It took the view that for an employment contract to exist, the employee must be integrated in the business.
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Facts
A building worker was hired by Shire Roofing to do jobs paid by the day, which was considered ‘prudent and advantageous to hire for individual jobs’. Mr Lane fell and was injured.
Judgment
In the High Court the judge found that Mr Lane was an independent contractor.
In the Court of Appeal, however, it was held by Henry LJ that, in relation to the porch job, this was the company’s business and not Mr Lane’s:
References
Lane v Shire Roofing Co (Oxford) Ltd Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA