Lane v Shire Roofing Co (Oxford) Ltd
| Lane v Shire Roofing Co (Oxford) Ltd | |
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| Court | Court of Appeal of England and Wales |
| Decided | 16 February 1995 |
| Citation(s) | [1995] EWCA Civ 37, [1995] IRLR 493 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | Nourse LJ, Henry LJ and Auld LJ |
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| Contract of employment | |
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.
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 that, in relation to the porch job, this was the company’s business and not Mr Lane’s
- Henry LJ held that he was an employee for health and safety because the business involved was Shire Roofing’s, not Mr Lane’s.***
See also
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- Contract of employment in English law
- UK labour law
- EU labour law
- US labor law
- German labour law