Contributing Editor
OWEN WARNOCK MA
Solicitor; formerly a partner in Eversheds Sutherland; Emeritus Professor of Employment Law, University of East Anglia
Until 21 July 2022 it was unlawful for an employment business (as defined) to help an employer try to break a strike by supplying it with blackleg labour (Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 SI 2003/3319 reg 7). This regulation was repealed by the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 SI 2022/852. However, a coalition of trade unions challenged this in judicial review proceedings and on 13 July 2023 the repeal regulations were quashed by Linden J (R (on the application of ASLEF and others) v Secretary