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Employees must be informed of changes to collective agreement terms
Worrall v Wilmott Dixon Partnership [2010] UKEAT/0521/09/DM
14/07/10
Damages are not limited to the term of the breached fixed term contract (but reflect the total loss caused)
Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 571
27/05/10
An employer can not repair a fundamental breach of contract. It is up to the employee whether to resign and claim constructive unfair dismissal.
Buckland v Bournemouth University Higher Education Corp [2010] EWCA Civ 121
1/03/10
A Staff handbook catch-all clause allowing the employer to force new terms & conditions on its workforce is upheld by the EAT
Bateman & Ors v. Asda Stores Ltd [2010] UKEAT 0221_09_1102
16/02/10
A worker can not claim constructive dismissal if he is in breach of the duty of trust and confidence
Aberdeen City Council v McNeill [2009] UKEAT 0037_08_1011
15/02/10
Judges restrict employers' use of the illegality defence against employee unfair dismissal claims
SAN LING CHINESE MEDICINE CENTRE v LIAN WEI JI - [2010] EAT UKEAT/0370/09/ZT
26/01/10
A worker can have two jobs with two different employers at the same time provided that they are compatible with each other
Prison Officers Association & Ors v. Gough & Anor [2009] UKEAT 0405_09_1712
09/01/10
Autoklenz 'Subcontractors' were employees - the contractual substitution clause was just 'window dressing'
Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 1046
14/10/09
Sham contracts apart, clear and unambiguous contract clauses are determined in accordance with their terms
Archer-Hoblin v MacGettigan - [2009] UKEAT 0037_09
14/09/08
Contract was ultra vires but employee still able to pursue unfair dismissal claim under ERA 96
Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust v Lairikyengbam [2009] UKEAT 0499_08_2108
22/08/09
Pre-contractual negotiations can not be used as evidence for the meaning of a contract
Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd & Ors [2009] UKHL 38
06/07/09
With reinstatement orders, the claimant's behaviour must be taken into account by the ET
Central & NW London NHS Trust v Abimbola - EAT 2009
19/06/09
Equal Pay - New comparators constitute the addition of a new cause of action; they vary (not terminate) contracts
Potter v N.Cumbria NHS TRUST - EAT 2009
02/06/09
Sham Contracts
Protectacoat Firthglow Ltd v Szilagyi - CA 2009
26/02/09
A punch that caused injury was closely enough connected with the employment to make the employer vicariously liable for tortious assault
Gravil v Carroll [2008] EWCA Civ 689 - [2009] EWCA Civ 454
01/09/08
When Your Employer Changes Your Contract
Robinson v Tescom Corporation – EAT 2008
10/03/08
The implied term of mutual trust and confidence
RDF Media Group v Clements - QBD [2007] EWHC 2892 (QB)
8/12/2007
Inflexible Grievance Procedures Can Break Mutual Trust And Confidence
GMB v BROWN - EAT [2007] UKEAT 0621_06_1610
20/10/07
Payments In Lieu Of Notice
Morrish v NTL - Court of Session [2007] CSIH 56
13/07/07


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