“…Ms Rose also cited two very different authorities. In Cheng Yuen-v-Royal Hong Kong Golf Club [1998] ICR 131 PC the question was whether the claimant was an employee or an independent contractor. It did not concern whether he was a “worker”. The claimant worked as a c…”
“…engaged. Having said that, the issue is not entirely novel. It was at the heart of the decisions of the Privy Council in Cheng Yuen v Royal Hong Kong Golf Club [1998] ICR 131 and of this Court in Stringfellow Restaurants Ltd v Quashie [2012] EWCA Civ 1735, [2013] IRLR 99, to which I return at para. 144 below.…”