2/2021
Jurisdiction
This month the EAT decided one of my own employment tribunal cases which had gone to appeal Crew v Gould. Fortunately my decision was upheld having found the skipper of the super yacht Amaryllis could pursue his case of unfair dismissal in the UK Tribunal. Jurisdiction was in doubt because the yacht was rarely in the UK, was not registered in the UK and nor were the owners in the UK and Mr Gould lived in the USA. It is a technical case but turned on what was or was not a sufficient UK territorial connection. I am told the yacht is for charter if you are interested? Around £750,000 a week. Read the article |