TUPE: no need for contemplation of specific transfer for automatic unfair dismissal
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Spaceright Europe Ltd v Baillavoine and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1565 CA (0 other reports)
transfer of undertakings | unfair dismissal | reason connected with the transfer
The Court of Appeal has held that, for there to be an automatic unfair dismissal under TUPE, there does not need to have been a particular transfer or transferee in existence or in contemplation at the time of the dismissal.