East Riding of Yorkshire Council v Cowton: EAT 19 Feb 2009

EAT UNFAIR DISMISSAL: Reasonableness of dismissal
Unfair dismissal – majority decision – majority found dismissal to be unfair only because employer treated other employees in a different way.
Held: majority substituted their own judgment on this issue instead of applying ‘reasonable responses’ test. Finding that dismissal was not unfair substituted.

Citations:

[2009] UKEAT 0432 – 08 – 1902

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Employment

Updated: 12 July 2022; Ref: scu.331189