McGaughey da Davies v USS Ltd
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legal case (en)  |
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England and Wales (en) da Birtaniya |
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Court of Appeal of England and Wales (en) |
McGaughey da Davies v Jami'o'in Superannuation Scheme Ltd da Daraktoci [2023] EWCA Civ 873 doka ce ta kamfanin Burtaniya, shari'ar yanayi, da shari'ar fensho, neman izini don da'awar da aka samu don aiwatar da ayyukan darektocin asusun fensho na jami'a na UK, USS Ltd. Shari'ar ta fara kai kara ga manyan daraktoci na babban kamfani na Burtaniya. na masu cin gajiyar wani kamfani na fensho wanda ke kawo da'awar keta hakkin daraktoci.
Babban Kotun ta yarda cewa masu da'awar suna da tsayawa don kawo da'awar, amma sun ƙi izini bisa ka'idar Foss v Harbottle. Masu da'awar sun sami izinin daukaka kara zuwa Kotun Daukaka Kara tare da sauraren karar a watan Yuni 2023, amma ba su yi nasara ba, kamar yadda Asplin LJ ya yi imanin cewa hanyar da ta dace ita ce "da'awar samun fa'ida" inda za a iya riƙe ayyukan darektoci akan amana.[1] Ba a yi magana kan da'awar haɗarin mai ba a zahiri amma "ya dace" don kawo shi azaman mataki na keta amana.[2]
Gaskiya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Masu da'awar sun yi zargin cewa daraktocin Jami'o'in Superannuation Scheme Ltd sun karya ayyukansu na doka don yin aiki don dalilai masu kyau, yin aiki da aminci, da kuma guje wa rikice-rikice na sha'awa,[3] kuma sun nemi su kawo wani da'awar da sunan kamfani a kan daraktocin. Tun daga shekarar 2018, manyan yajin aikin sun faru a jami'o'in Burtaniya bayan da Shugaba Bill Galvin ya yi yunkurin cire garantin fansho daga ma'aikatan jami'a: an dakatar da wannan ne bayan yajin aikin da aka yi a sassa daban-daban, kuma ma'aikatan jami'ar Oxford sun yi barazanar tsige mataimakin shugaban jami'ar sai dai idan ba a yi adawa da ragi na fensho ba. Bayan haka, an dakatar da shirin rage fensho. A cikin 2019, hukumar ta USS Ltd ta kada kuri'a don zartar da wani kuduri na musamman don tabbatar da cewa ba za a iya cire su ba sai ta hukumar da ke da ita (maimakon ta masu daukar jami'a da kungiyar Jami'a da Kwalejin). A wani taron hukumar, Shugaba Bill Galvin ya ce "Kudirin fansho na DB a Burtaniya ya gaza. Wannan ba mai kawo cece-kuce ba."[4] A cikin Maris 2020, USS Ltd ta gudanar da kimanta kadarorin fansho lokacin da kasuwar hannayen jari ta fadi sakamakon barkewar cutar Covid-19. Wannan ya annabta cewa za a sami gibin £ 17.9 biliyan a cikin asusun fensho, a kan tsammanin cewa kadarorin za su girma a 0.0% na shekaru 30 (daga baya an canza zuwa 0.29% zato). A cikin Nuwamba 2020, USS ta gudanar da Binciken Zuba Jari na Da'a, wanda ya nuna cewa yawancin ma'aikatan jami'a sun yi fatan kawar da mai daga burbushin mai, amma bai yi aiki ko buga sakamakon binciken ba. A sakamakon kasawar tsinkaya a cikin kimar Maris 2020, USS da ma'aikata na jami'a sun ba da shawarar rage fa'idodin fensho a cikin Afrilu 2022. Masu da'awar, Farfesa Neil Davies da Dr Ewan McGaughey, sannan suka shigar da karar su bayan taron-kudaden kudade don ikirarin cewa:
gudanar da kimar kadarori tare da zato na 0.29% girma a cikin shekaru 30 masu zuwa da kuma tsinkayar kasawa ya keta aikin aiki don dalilai masu kyau a ƙarƙashin Dokar Kamfanoni 2006 sashe na 171(b),
Sakamakon raguwar fa'idar yana da tasiri na wariya ga mata, matasa da kuma kan kabilanci, sabanin ayyukan da ke cikin dokar daidaito ta 2010 sashe na 19 da 61, da kuma aikin da ya dace.
daraktocin sun barnatar da kudaden wadanda suka amfana ta hanyar kara kudin aiki, sabanin aikin da ake yi na kaucewa duk wani yiwuwar samun sabani a karkashin dokar kamfanoni ta 2006 sashe na 175, da kuma
daraktocin ba bisa ka'ida ba sun kasa karkata ko kuma suna da wani shiri na karkatar da albarkatun mai, wanda ya haifar da "babban haɗari na lahani na kuɗi",[5] dangane da haƙƙin rayuwa a ƙarƙashin Dokar Kamfanoni 2006 sashe na 171 da Dokar 'Yancin Dan Adam 1998 sashe na 3, kuma bisa la'akari da abubuwan da masu cin gajiyar suka bayyana.
A cikin Maris 2022, bayan mamayewar Rasha na Ukraine, USS ta sanar da asarar fam miliyan 450 a cikin jarin Rasha, gami da mai. A cikin Afrilu 2022 ya matsa gaba tare da yanke ga fensho, yana rage ma'anar fa'idar fensho daga £ 60,000 zuwa £ 40,000, rage yawan adadin kuɗi daga 1/75 na albashi a kowace shekara zuwa 1/85th, da rage hauhawar farashin kaya, wanda aka kiyasta za a yanke 30% zuwa matsakaicin fensho.
Bayan sauraron karar babbar kotun, da kuma bin karamin kasafin kudi na Burtaniya, Babban Darakta Bill Galvin ya sanar da yin murabus.