Superdrug Stores Plc v Corbett: EAT 12 Sep 2006

EAT Unfair Dismissal – Exclusions including worker/jurisdiction.
The Tribunal had awarded an obviously excessive sum of andpound;1420 for loss of statutory rights, without explanation of their reasons for doing so.
Held: The appeal was allowed and the case remitted back to the same tribunal for reconsideration of the matter.

Judges:

The Honourable Lady Smith

Citations:

[2006] UKEAT 0013 – 06 – 1209, UKEATS/0013/06

Links:

Bailii, EAT

Citing:

CitedHilti (Great Britain) Ltd v Windridge EAT 1974
EAT The employer appealed against the tribunal’s decision to make an award to compensate the respondent for the loss of entitlement to an extended statutory notice period.
Held: The award was upheld. Lord . .
CitedDaley v AW Dorsett (Almar Dolls Ltd) EAT 1981
The loss of a right to an extended period of notice is a proper head of damages in an employment loss case: ‘It is a claim for compensation for the loss of an intangible benefit, namely that of being entitled in the course of one’s employment, to a . .
CitedSH Muffett Ltd v Head EAT 1986
The Tribunal was asked to award damages for the loss of statutory protection and also loss of notice period, ‘what is generally referred to as the ‘loss of the right to long notice’ or, more particularly, it is the loss of a right in the event of . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Employment

Updated: 09 July 2022; Ref: scu.247809