Court of AppealPublished: December 3, 2018Jeffery v British Council Green v SIG Trading LtdBefore Lord Justice Underhill, Lord Justice Longmore and Lord Justice Peter Jackson [2018] EWCA Civ 2253 Judgment: October 16, 2018When determining whether there was a sufficiently close connection between an overseas employee’s employment and the UK to found jurisdiction to hear a claim under the Employment Rights Act 1996, it was relevant that the employee’s contract of employment contained a provision to the effect that it would be governed by English law, although that could not by itself be a decisive factor. The Court of Appeal so held, inter alia, in: (i) dismissing the appeal of the defendant, the British Council, from a decision of the Employment Appeal…

Source: The Times December 03, 2018 00:00 UTC