This note discusses two Court of Appeal cases relating to the employment status of temporary agency workers, James v London Borough of Greenwich and Consistent Group v Kalwak. In James the Court considered the test for implying a contract of service between temp and end user, and in Kalwak the Court examined the use of ‘sham’ to set aside contractual documents between the parties. The authors examine whether the commercial approach adopted towards trilateral employment relationships in these cases is justified.
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