Forshaw and others v Archcraft Ltd [2005] IRLR 600 EAT

Unfair dismissal: Refusal to sign unreasonable restrictive covenant not fair reason for dismissal

Date:

12 August 2005

In Forshaw and others v Archcraft Ltd, the EAT holds that the employment tribunal erred in holding that a dismissal for refusing to sign a contract of employment that contained an unreasonable restraint of trade clause was for "some other substantial reason".