Uber loses right to classify drivers as self-employed in UK

Other discussion - BBC article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12815441

This will be expensive for Uber if they lose the appeal and I am not sure how they could win it at this stage. The appeal would be a way to slow down the impostion of this ruling however it is likely to be backdated to this date if they are unsuccessful so it would mean extra cost with no benefit.