Walsh v The Agricultural Trust

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 16 February 1999
• Judgment citation (vLex): [1999] 2 JIEC 1601
• Date: 16 February 1999
• Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal (Ireland)

Employment Appeals Tribunal

Walsh v The Agricultural Trust

EMPLOYMENT APPEALS TRIBUNAL

CASE NO

UD372/98 M1N887/98

CLAIM OF:

Patrick Walsh, Willmount House, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny

against

The Agricultural Trust t/a the Irish Farmers Journal, Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12.

under

MINIMUM NOTICE AND TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT ACTS, 1973 TO 1991

UNFAIR DISMISSALS ACTS, 1977 TO 1993

WORKER PROTECTION (REGULAR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES) ACT, 1991

I certify that the Tribunal

(Division of Tribunal)

Chairman: Mrs. M. Quinlan

Members: Mr. J. Power Ms.B. Fell

heard this claim at Clonmel on 16th February, 1999.

Abstract to follow

1 Preliminary Issue:

2 At the outset, it was submitted on behalf of the respondent that the Tribunal did not have the jurisdiction to hear the claims before it as the claimant was not an employee for the purposes of the above-mentioned legislation.