Case report round-up: EAT considers employer's "due cause" for dismissing manager under contract

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  • Case of the week: EAT considers employer's "due cause" for dismissing manager under contract In Shaw v B&W Group Ltd EAT/0583/11, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employment tribunal took the wrong approach in a breach of contract claim when it concentrated on the reasonableness of the employer's belief that it had "due cause" under the contract of employment to dismiss the manager, rather than considering whether or not his conduct might be regarded as repudiatory. 

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