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Quashie quashed

22 January 2013 / Mike Truman
Issue: 4387 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Tax cases , Employees , Income Tax
MIKE TRUMAN reports on the Court of Appeal’s decision in the employment case of Stringfellows Restaurants

I wrote about this case last year when it was heard by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). The full facts and arguments can be found there but briefly Nadine Quashie was a lapdancer at two clubs run by Stringfellows.

She was dismissed over allegations concerning drugs and claimed unfair dismissal. The company countered that she was self-employed.

The terms under which Quashie worked were common in the industry. She paid a total of approximately £80 for every night that she danced and in return kept between  75% and 80% of the money she earned from dances.

As a result and although she could make as much as £2 000 a week for a few nights’ work it was possible for Quashie to make a loss on an individual night.

She was required to work her share of nights when the club might...

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