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  Sandhu v Jan de Rijk Transport Ltd [2007] IRLR 519 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Termination of contract: An employee's apparent resignation was in fact a dismissal

    Date:

    18 July 2007

    In Sandhu v Jan de Rijk Transport Ltd [2007] IRLR 519 CA the Court of Appeal held that when an employee negotiated severance terms and resigned during a meeting called without advance warning to effect his dismissal in circumstances where he had no time to reflect or seek advice, the only conclusion open to the tribunal as a matter of law was that he had been dismissed.

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  Sarkar v West London Mental Health NHS Trust [2010] IRLR 508 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Unfair dismissal: Dismissal for gross misconduct fell outside range of reasonable responses

    Date:

    19 May 2010

    In Sarkar v West London Mental Health NHS Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 289 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that the employer had acted outside the range of reasonable responses when it summarily dismissed an employee for gross misconduct after initial agreement that the allegations against him would be dealt with under an informal procedure that was appropriate for relatively minor misconduct and could not lead to dismissal.

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  Sarker v South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust [1997] IRLR 328 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Wrongful dismissal: Contract claim by employee dismissed before starting work

    Date:

    1 July 1997

    In Sarker v South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust the EAT holds that an industrial tribunal had jurisdiction to hear a breach of contract claim brought by an employee whose contract of employment was terminated by the employer before the date on which she was due to start work.

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  Savage v J Sainsbury Ltd [1980] IRLR 109 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Savage v J Sainsbury Ltd

    Date:

    1 March 1980

    In Savage v J Sainsbury Ltd [1980] IRLR 109 CA, the Court of Appeal held that where a disciplinary procedure provides a right of appeal against dismissal and treats the employee as suspended without pay until the appeal is heard, the effective date of termination if the appeal is rejected is when the dismissal initially took effect and not when the appeal was rejected.

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  Scally and others v Southern Health and Social Services Board and others [1991] IRLR 522 HL (1 report relating to this case)

  • Contracts of employment: Employer obliged to notify employees of contingent rights

    Date:

    15 January 1992

    In some circumstances, an employer is under an implied obligation to notify its employees of any rights which they have under their contracts of employment which are dependent upon them taking some sort of action, rules the House of Lords in Scally and others v Southern Health and Social Services Board and others.

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  Schmidt v Spar- und Leihkasse der Früheren Ämter Bordesholm, Kiel und Cronshagen [1994] IRLR 302 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • Transfer of undertakings: Transfers directive covers one-person cleaning operation

    Date:

    1 May 1994

    The "Business Transfers" Directive covers a situation in which an employer contracts-out cleaning operations which were previously performed in-house, even though prior to the transfer the work was being done by only one employee, rules the European Court of Justice in Schmidt v Spar-und Leihkasse der früheren Ämter Bordesholm, Kiel und Cronshagen.

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  Scope v Thornett [2007] IRLR 155 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Scope v Thornett

    Date:

    1 December 2006

    In Scope v Thornett [2007] IRLR 155 CA, the Court of Appeal has stressed that employment tribunals are permitted to make reductions in the amount of compensation awarded for future loss of earnings where this involves speculation.

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  Scotch Premier Meat Ltd v Burns and others [2000] IRLR 639 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Scotch Premier Meat Ltd v Burns and others

    Date:

    1 September 2000

    In Scotch Premier Meat Ltd v Burns and others [2000] IRLR 639 EAT, the EAT held that an employment tribunal had not erred in holding that the employers were "proposing to dismiss as redundant 20 or more employees" within the meaning of s.188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act, notwithstanding that, as an alternative option, they were considering selling the business as a going concern.

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  Scott v Commissioners of Inland Revenue [2004] IRLR 713 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Discrimination: Approach to be taken to harassment complaints

    Date:

    12 November 2004

    In Scott v Commissioners of Inland Revenue the Court of Appeal holds that an employment tribunal erred in awarding only £15,000 in respect of the psychiatric injury caused to an employee by the way in which his employer dealt with allegations of sexual harassment made against him by a work colleague.

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  Scott v London Borough of Hillingdon [2001] EWCA Civ 2005 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Scott v London Borough of Hillingdon

    Date:

    31 December 2001

    In Scott v London Borough of Hillingdon [2001] EWCA Civ 2005 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employment tribunal was wrong to infer knowledge of a protected act on the part of three councillors who had decided not to offer a job to the claimant, and therefore to find victimisation, since knowledge on the part of the alleged discriminator of the protected act is a pre-condition to a finding of victimisation.