Willow Oak Developments Ltd t/a Windsor Recruitment v Silverwood and others [2006] IRLR 607 CA

Unfair dismissal: Refusal to sign unreasonable restrictive covenants can be fair reason for dismissal

Date:

20 October 2006

In Willow Oak Developments Ltd t/a Windsor Recruitment v Silverwood and others [2006] IRLR 607 CA, the Court of Appeal holds that a refusal to sign post-employment restrictive covenants can amount to a potentially fair reason for dismissal. However, the tribunal was entitled to find that the way in which the employer had sought to impose the change was procedurally unfair.