A former Uber driver who won a landmark case against the taxi giant two years ago will return to court tomorrow to hear the "long-awaited" judgement after the firm appealed the ruling.

Yaseen Aslam, from High Wycombe, originally brought an employment case against Uber with trade union GMB and colleague James Farrar on behalf of a group of 19 of its workers, who argued they were employed by the firm rather than being limb B workers - a legal term to describe a self-employed person who carries out their work as part of someone else’s business - because they were “being told how to do their jobs”.

The drivers are now being backed by a legal team from the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) trade union.

After a landmark ruling in 2016, in which the judge agreed that Uber drivers are not self-employed and should be granted basic employment rights such as being paid the national minimum wage and getting holiday pay, the company appealed the decision. 

Mr Aslam, who started working for Uber in 2013, will be at the Court of Appeal in London tomorrow afternoon to hear the judgement on the case. 

The decision is schedule for 3.30pm.