“…Contrary to the previous authorities, the judgment of Waite LJ (with whom McCowan and Potter LJJ agreed) in McMeechan v Secretary of State for Employment [1997] ICR 549 could be read as suggesting that control was not a necessary feature of a contract of employment but was just one of the factors to be considered, along with o…”
“… a finding that the individual is a worker, or indeed an employee, at the times when he or she is working: see eg McMeechan v Secretary of State for Employment [1997] ICR 549 ; Cornwall County Council v Prater [2006] EWCA Civ 102; [2006] ICR 731 . As Elias J (President) said in James v Redcats (Brands) Ltd [2007] ICR 1006, para 84 :…”