Personal Services of Life"). Personal Services Personal Services is a 1987 British comedy film directed by Terry Jones and written by David Leland. It is the story of the rise of a madam of a suburban brothel which caters to older men. The story is inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne, the legendary "House of Cyn" madam. Christine Painter (Julie Walters) is a sexually naive waitress and single-mother who pays for her teenage son's tuition by renting flats to local call girls. She later becomes a call girl herself – joining her friend Shirley (Shirley Stelfox) and their "maid" Dolly
Port of London Authority v Payne others. The Port of London Authority did not comply with the orders. Under section 75A a new Tribunal found that on the balance of probabilities it was practicable to comply with the order, and so made a special award of compensation. The EAT upheld the Port of London Authority’s appeal against the re-engagement order. The Court of Appeal denied reinstatement because the employer had shown there were no vacancies and it would be disruptive to ask others to take voluntary redundancy. The Tribunal had failed to give due weight to the employer’s commercial judgment about that practicability, unless the employer