The @UKSupremeCourt unanimously dismisses Uber's appeal - Uber's London drivers are "workers" for the purposes of employment law and, when their drivers' app is logged on in London ready to take passengers on trips they are working for Uber - thread of key points 1/

The Supreme Court's landmark judgment of 2011, Autoclenz, is reconsidered and explained - it is wrong to treat the written agreements between the parties as the starting point in deciding whether an individual as a "worker" #UberjudgmentUKSC 2/

Tribunals must consider purpose of employment legislation - to give protection to vulnerable individuals who have little or no say over their pay & working conditions because they are subordinate and dependent to an organisation exercising control over their work #Uber 3/

The nature of the legal relationship between Uber and the drivers must be inferred from the parties' conduct. Correct interpretation was that the drivers were engaged by Uber to carry out bookings for it - no contract between the passengers and the drivers #UberjudgmentUKSC 4/