EAT UNFAIR DISMISSAL
The Claimant was head chaplain at an immigration removal centre. He was dismissed for giving an unauthorised interview broadcast on a local radio religious broadcast and because ‘there was the potential for information to be shared which may have brought the Company into disrepute or bring[ing] serious discredit to the Company.’ The breach of the company rule of which the Claimant was said to be guilty was ‘conduct, whether or not committed at work, that in the company’s reasonable opinion is likely to bring the company into disrepute or bring serious discredit to the company.’ The dismissing officer had neither heard the broadcast nor read a transcript of it. The dismissal was unfair but the Claimant had substantially contributed to it.
Reid QC J
[2009] UKEAT 0113 – 09 – 2307
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Locabail (UK) Ltd, Regina v Bayfield Properties Ltd CA 17-Nov-1999
Adverse Comments by Judge Need not be Show of Bias
In five cases, leave to appeal was sought on the basis that a party had been refused disqualification of judges on grounds of bias. The court considered the circumstances under which a fear of bias in a court may prove to be well founded: ‘The mere . .
Cited – Porter and Weeks v Magill HL 13-Dec-2001
Councillors Liable for Unlawful Purposes Use
The defendant local councillors were accused of having sold rather than let council houses in order to encourage an electorate which would be more likely to be supportive of their political party. They had been advised that the policy would be . .
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Employment
Updated: 11 November 2021; Ref: scu.361514