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[–]anonymale 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

IANAL. Employment tribunals do not set legal precedents but employment appeal tribunals - the next tier up - may, and so may higher courts. Here's an example. British cyclist Jess Varnish lost an employment tribunal appeal which, had she won it, may have established in law that 'amateur' athletes training under 'athletic performance agreements' with their sport's governing body are employees with rights such as maternity leave entitlement. She was dropped from her team by a fragile sexist arsehole coach who hid behind 'performance reasons', when actually he didn't like her public criticism.

All the reports I've read on Taylor's case say that while not a binding precedent it is going to be influential in future tribunals.