EAT CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT: Damages for breach of contract
UNFAIR DISMISSAL: Compensation
UNFAIR DISMISSAL: Polkey deduction
Claimants all dismissed for redundancy in circumstances which respondents accepted amounted to unfair dismissal due to lack of consultation. Appeal by respondent employers re: (a) award to second claimant of a sum in respect of his breach of contract claim in excess of that which parties had agreed was due, and (b) a sum of andpound;5000 awarded to each claimant in respect of a ‘valuable expectation that if they were threatened with redundancy they would be generously compensated’. Cross appeal re: (a) Polkey deduction, and (b) periods in respect of which loss of earnings awarded. Appeal upheld and cross appeal (restricted to Polkey deduction) refused.
Citations:
[2008] UKEAT 0020 – 08 – 2110
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Citing:
Cited – Software 2000 Ltd v Andrews etc EAT 17-Jan-2007
EAT Four employees successfully established before the Employment Tribunal that they had been unfairly dismissed for redundancy. The Tribunal found that there had been procedural defects. In particular the . .
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Employment
Updated: 26 July 2022; Ref: scu.346176
