Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Ltd v Lister

Credit Suisse Ltd v Lister

Court	Court of Appeal
Decided	16 October 1998
Citation(s)	[1998] EWCA Civ 1551, [1999] ICR 794
Keywords
Business transfer, TUPE

Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Ltd v Lister [1998] EWCA Civ 1551 is a UK labour law case, concerning the effects of a business transfer on an employee's rights at work.

Facts

The transferee of the business that Mr Lister worked for, Credit Suisse, put a gardening clause into 209 employees’ new contracts. Mr Lister, who had been the head of European Equities, sought an injunction. The employees also had some advantageous new terms from the old ones under Barclays de Zoete Wedd.

Judgment

Clarke LJ held that the gardening clause was contrary to the purpose of now TUPER 2006 regulation 4^[1] and contrary to the purpose of the Business Transfers Directive.

Transfer of undertaking sources

Transfers of Undertakings Directive 2001/23/EC arts 3-4

Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Emp) Regs 2006 r 7

Litster v Forth Dry Dock [1988] UKHL 10

Wilson v St Helens BC [1998] UKHL 37

TUD 2001 art 5 and TUPER 2006 r 4

Credit Suisse Ltd v Lister [1998] EWCA Civ 1551

University of Oxford v Humphreys [1999] EWCA Civ 3050

TUD 2001 arts 3(3) and TUPER 2006 r 5

Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Alemo-Herron (2013) C-426/11

TUD 2001 arts 1 and TUPER 2006 r 3

Spijkers v Gebroeders Benedik Abattoir CV (1986) C-24/85

Süzen v Zehnacker Gebaeudereingung GmbH (1997) C-13/95

Oy Liikenne Ab v Liskojärvi (2001) C-172/99

RCO Support Services v Unison [2002] EWCA Civ 464

TUD 2001 art 5 and TUPER 2006 r 8

SS for Trade and Industry v Slater [2007] IRLR 928 (EAT)

Oakland v Wellswood (Yorkshire) Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1094

Notes

↑ TUPER 1981 r 5

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