The court considered the assessment of damages in a wrongful dismissal case.
Held: A simple discretion whether to award a bonus must not be exercised capriciously by an employer.
Judges:
Timothy Walker J
Citations:
[1997] IRLR 348
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Commerzbank Ag v Keen CA 17-Nov-2006
The bank had sought summary dismissal of a claim for non-payment of bonuses to the claimant a former employee, and now appealed refusal of its request for summary dismissal, saying that the claim had no prospect of success. The claimant said that . .
Cited – Cantor Fitzgerald International v Horkulak CA 14-Oct-2004
The employee claimed under a bonus clause which ‘contained in a contract of employment in a high earning and competitive activity in which the payment of discretionary bonuses is part of the remuneration structure of employers.’
Held: The . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Contract, Employment
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.246219
