Cossington v C2C Rail Ltd (Contract of Employment : Wrongful Dismissal): EAT 12 Sep 2013

EAT CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT – Wrongful dismissal
UNFAIR DISMISSAL – Reasonableness of dismissal
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Appellate jurisdiction/reasons/Burns-Barke
Wrongful dismissal – whether Employment Judge applied correct test and reached permissible conclusion.
Held: he did.
Unfair dismissal – whether Employment Judge applied correct test and gave sufficient reasons for his conclusions.
Held: he applied the correct test but gave no sufficient reasons for his conclusions. In effect he did no more than state a conclusion without informing the parties why they lost or won on the key issues in dispute.

Richardson J
[2013] UKEAT 0053 – 13 – 1209
Bailii
England and Wales

Employment

Updated: 22 November 2021; Ref: scu.516747