Their Lordships decide that equal pay claims can be made in the county court over a six-year period – whereas employment tribunal cases have to be heard within 6 months of leaving the job.
Birmingham City Council (Appellant) v Abdulla and others (Respondents) [2012] UKSC 47
BBC provides the human dimension!
Rubin and another (Respondents) v Eurofinance SA and others (Appellants) [2012] UKSC 46
On appeal from [2010] EWCA Civ 895; [2011] ECW Civ 971
The summary or Press release is available (click this link)
The 59 page judgment is available as a pdf
Issue: Should the New York adversary proceedings (1) be recognised as “foreign main proceedings” under the Model Law and (2) be enforced as a judgment of the English court.
Areas: Bankruptcy – Cross-border Insolvency –Private International Law – Universalism –Enforcement of foreign judgments – Recognition of judgments under the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency
