Plastic Omnium Automotive Limited v. P Horton [2023] EAT 85: first things first, who are the parties?

The Supreme Court handed down its judgment yesterday in the case of Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Gary Smith [2018] UKSC 29 confirming (as the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal had) that Mr Smith was a worker within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act and not, as Pimlico Plumbers contended, self-employed.

Pimlico Plumbers engaged Mr Smith as a plumber for around five and a half years. Four months after he suffered […]