08 May 2015
University and College Union v University of Stirling (Scotland) [2015] UKSC 26, [2015] All ER (D) 222 (Apr)
The Supreme Court allowed the appeal brought by the appellant trade union against a decision of the Court of Session, Inner House, that the employees in question who were on limited term contracts (LTCs) which had not been renewed had not been dismissed “as redundant” for the purposes of the consultation requirement under s 188(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1992. The court decided that, contrary to what had been decided by the Inner House, the coming to an end of an LTC was “for a reason not related to the individual concerned” for the purposes of the definition of redundancy in s 195(1) of the Act.
