Table of Contents

Introduction: A Brief Cartography of Landmarks in Labour Law
Jeremias Adams-Prassl (University of Oxford, UK), Alan Bogg (University of Bristol, UK) and ACL Davies (University of Oxford, UK)
1. Riley v Warden – A Landmark Case?
Zoe Adams (University of Cambridge, UK)
2. Hornby v Close (1867): Freedom of Contract and Freedom of Trade
Joanna McCunn (University of Bristol, UK)
3. Devonald v Rosser and Sons (1906): Avoiding One-Sidedness in Contracts for Personal Performance of Work
Astrid Sanders (London School of Economics, UK)
4. Financing the Parliamentary Representation of Labour: Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants v Osborne
David Cabrelli (University of Edinburgh, UK)
5. Rookes’ Tale
Roderick Bagshaw (University of Oxford, UK)
6. Grunwick Processing Laboratories Ltd v ACAS: The Social Contract, Trade Union Recognition, and the Rule of Law
KD Ewing (King’s College London, UK)
7. Iceland Frozen Foods Ltd v Jones (1982): Fairness, Forty Years on
Philippa Collins (University of Bristol, UK)
8. O’Kelly v Trusthouse Forte PLC: A Landmark of Legalism
ACL Davies (University of Oxford, UK)
9. A Half-Forgotten Landmark: Enderby v Frenchay and the Continuing Challenges of Equal Pay Laws
Sandra Fredman (University of Oxford, UK)
10. Wilson and Palmer: A Biographical Portrait of a Landmark Case
Alan Bogg (University of Bristol, UK)
11. Malik v BCCI: The Impact of Good Faith
Douglas Brodie (University of Strathclyde, UK)
12. Johnson v Unisys Ltd (2001): A Compelling Constitutional Vision of Common Law and Statute?
Joe Atkinson (University of Sheffield, UK)
13. Autoclenz v Belcher (2011): Divining ‘The True Agreement Between the Parties’
Jeremias Adams-Prassl (University of Oxford, UK)
14. Headscarves, Tolerance and EU Law: Achbita, Bougnaoui and WABE
Catherine Barnard (University of Cambridge, UK)

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About the Author

Jeremias Adams-Prassl is Professor of Law and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, UK.
Alan Bogg is Professor of Labour Law and Postgraduate Research Director at the University of Bristol Law School, UK.
ACL Davies is Professor of Law and Public Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford and Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, UK.