The application from taxi-app firm Uber to leapfrog the Court of Appeal and have its appeal heard in the Supreme Court has been refused.
Last month, the Employment Appeal Tribunal found that the firm’s drivers were not self-employed and should be treated as ‘workers’.
The organisation stated that it wanted to go straight to the Supreme Court with its appeal. However, this action is only granted in a minority of extremely important cases. Having been refused, the Uber case will now be heard by the Court of Appeal sometime next year.
It was speculated that Uber might seek to have its case heard at the same time as the Pimlico Plumbers appeal, which also deals with the issue of worker status. However, the Pimlico case will go ahead on its own and is scheduled to be heard in February 2018.
