Former Uber drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam leaving an employment appeals tribunal in 2017. TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images Two ex-Uber drivers won a huge legal battle against the taxi app firm over workers' rights. Yaseen Aslam and James Farrar began the case in 2016, fighting for minimum wage and other rights. Farrar said Uber is being defiant about the ruling but hopes it'll come to accept it. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Five years after they took Uber to court, two ex-drivers on Friday won a legal battle against the ride-hailing firm.Yaseen Aslam and James Farrar were part of a small group of drivers who brought the original case against Uber in 2015.