It was too plain for argument that a contract of employment under which the employee was paid a salary and also ‘expenses’ that included the income tax payable on the salary was against public policy and therefore unenforceable.
Citations:
(1945) 62 TLR 85
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – 21st Century Logistic Solutions Limited (In Liquidation) v Madysen Limited QBD 17-Feb-2004
The vendor sold computers to the defendant, intending not to account to the commissioners for the VAT. The seller went into liquidation, and the liquidator sought payment. The purchaser had been unaware of the intended fraud and resisted payment. . .
Cited – Enfield Technical Services Ltd v Payne and Another CA 22-Apr-2008
The appellant company appealed dismissal of their defence to a claim for unfair dismissal that the employment contract was tainted with illegality. The EAT had heard two cases with raised the question of the effect on unfair dismissal claims of . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Employment
Updated: 20 April 2022; Ref: scu.194056
