At a preliminary hearing, the EAT allowed the appeal to go forward to a full hearing on two of the five grounds advanced. There was an appeal to the Court of Appeal against that ruling.
Held: The points at issue were closely related and within a comparatively narrow compass. It had been unnecessaary to restrict the grounds of appeal, and the claimant shoud have had opportunity to argue all five grounds of appeal. The case was remitted to the EAT.
Judges:
Pill, Scott Baker LJJ, Wilson J
Citations:
[2003] EWCA Civ 640, Times 23-May-2003, [2003] ICR 1244
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Lambe v 186K Ltd CA 29-Jul-2004
The claimant had been dismissed for redundancy, but the company had been found not to have consulted him properly, and he had therefore been unfairly dismissed. The tribunal had then found that even if consulted the result would not have been . .
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Litigation Practice, Employment
Updated: 07 June 2022; Ref: scu.182332