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What does Subscribers mean? In company formation practice, subscribers are the persons (individuals or corporate bodies) who sign the company’s formation document and agree to become its first members—initial shareholders for a company limited by shares or guarantors for a company limited by guarantee. In the UK, the Companies Act 2006 provides that a company is formed when one or more persons subscribe their names to a memorandum of association and the statutory registration requirements are satisfied (s 7). By statute, subscribers become members on incorporation and must be entered in the register of members; for a company limited by shares, each subscriber must...

Archived 2020 Employment Case Tracker: Key UK and EU judgments on status, discrimination, vicarious liability, TUPE, working time and data protection

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This case tracker contains a selection of significant employment judgments handed down in 2020.

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Case name: Varnish v British Cycling federation t/a British Cycling
Number: UKEAT/0022/20
Topic: employment status
Main issue: Whether an Olympic‑funded athlete is an employee or worker, enabling claims for sex discrimination, whistleblowing detriment, victimisation and unfair dismissal.
Case history: The ET determined the claimant was not an employee or worker of British Cycling or UK Sport (report of 28 January 2019). The EAT agreed and dismissed the appeal (News Analysis: When a contract falls outside the employment field altogether (Varnish v British Cycling Federation) (24/7/20)). Rejected by the EAT under rule 3(7) in September 2019; appeal allowed to proceed following a Rule 3(10) hearing on 17 December 2019.

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