University of Technology, Jamaica v Industrial Disputes Tribunaland Others: PC 17 Jul 2017

(Jamaica) The court was asked as to the Jamaican Industrial Disputes Tribunal, ‘can the IDT take into account matters of which the employer was unaware at the time of the dismissal and can it form its own judgment about whether, in the light of all the information available, the dismissal was justifiable? Or is it limited to deciding whether the employer’s decision was one which a reasonable employer might have taken in the light of the information available to him at the time?’

Judges:

Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Clarke, Lord Wilson, Lord Reed

Citations:

[2017] UKPC 22

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

Commonwealth

Employment

Updated: 26 May 2022; Ref: scu.591301