In the culmination of the seven year saga, the Supreme Court passed a unanimous judgment that the Deliveroo riders were not within the scope of Article 11, i.e. there was not a relationship akin to employment. This decision was reached following an evaluation of the realities of the working relationship between the riders and Deliveroo. The characteristics which were assessed included: (most notably) the unfettered right of substitution (whereby Deliveroo do not need to offer any form of approval for a substitute being engaged by a given rider), the riders' freedom to choose how regularly they accepted/ declined work and the absence of repercussions for regular non-acceptance of work.