Foreign nationals working for UK companies: which laws apply?

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• Incorporated Council of Law Reporting

The claimant, a German national living in Germany, was employed by a company registered in the United Kingdom. He worked solely in mainland Europe and never in Great Britain.

Clause 17 of his contract provided that it was governed by English law and that English courts had exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes. He resigned and made claims of unfair constructive dismissal, breach of contract, unlawful deduction of wages and for holiday pay. His advisers presented the claims a month outsid... (662 more words)

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