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News from IDS Brief: Tribunal wrongly conflated international and territorial jurisdiction over seafarer’s claims

In Stena Drilling PTE Ltd v Smith, the EAT has overturned an employment tribunal’s decision that it had jurisdiction to hear unfair dismissal and discrimination claims brought by a seafarer employed on vessels that operated in international waters.

News from IDS Brief: Lack of protection from detriment for taking part in industrial action breaches Article 11 ECHR

In Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer, the Supreme Court has made a declaration of incompatibility in relation to the lack of statutory protection from detriment for taking part in lawful industrial action.

News from IDS Brief: Claimants in stayed proceedings not entitled to documents in lead litigation

In Aird and ors v Asda Stores Ltd and ors the EAT has held that, in large-scale multi-claimant equal pay litigation, an employment judge was entitled to refuse an order requiring the parties to the lead litigation to provide copies of all documents and correspondence to claimants whose claims had been stayed pending the outcome of the lead litigation.