“…The Court of Appeal in Quashie v Stringfellow Restaurants Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1735; [2013] IRLR 99 held that a lap dancer at the respondent’s clubs was not employed by the respondent because it was under no obligation to pay her. The agreement between them l…”
“… be a contract. That is, there must be legally enforceable obligations owed by the parties. As Elias LJ expressed it in Quashie v Stringfellows Restaurants Ltd.[2013] IRLR 99 at paragraph 10: “Every bilateral contract requires mutual obligations; they constitute the consideration from each party necessary to create the contract”. Ne…”
“…Ms Rose also placed reliance on Stringfellow Restaurants Ltd v Quashie [2013] IRLR 99 CA; [2012] EWCA Civ 1735. That again was not a case about “worker” status but about whether the claimant was an employee or an independent contractor. The clai…”
“…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.…”