Departments. Old Bailey Online - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 - Central Criminal Court. House of Lords - Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondents)<i> v</i> Stringer and others (Appellants) On appeal from:[2005] EWCA Civ 441 Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondents) v Stringer and others (Appellants) Appellate Committee Lord Hope of Craighead Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Counsel Appellants: Christopher Jeans QC Michael Ford (Instructed by Thompsons) Respondents: John Cavanagh QC Adam Tolley (Instructed by Inland Revenue Solicitors Office) Hearing date: 30 OCTOBER 2006 and 30 APRIL 2009 Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondents) v Stringer and others (Appellants) My Lords, 1. 2. 3. 4.
“An employer shall not make a deduction from wages of a worker employed by him unless - (a) the deduction is required or authorised to be made by virtue of a statutory provision or a relevant provision of the worker’s contract, or (b) the worker has previously signified in writing his agreement or consent to the making of the deduction.” Subsection (3) then goes on to explain what can count as a deduction from wages: Home Page.