EAT Contract of Employment : Wrongful Dismissal – Employee on oil rig refuses as a matter of principle to participate in a competency certification exercise – After being given a final written warning he is summarily dismissed – Claim for notice money as damages for wrongful dismissal wrongful – Majority in the ET (comprising the lay members) holds that the employee should have been dismissed with notice and is accordingly entitled to three months’ pay.
Held, allowing appeal: Claimant’s deliberate refusal to comply with a reasonable instruction unarguably constituted grounds for summary dismissal.
Judges:
Underhill P J
Citations:
[2011] UKEAT 013 – 11 – 2009
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Employment
Updated: 26 September 2022; Ref: scu.448107