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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by Lovells, covers restrictive covenants.
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- Date:
- 26 February 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Prakash v Wolverhampton City Council EAT/0140/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that where a fixed-term contractor's dismissal for misconduct was overturned by an appeal decided after the expiry date of the contract, the effect of the successful appeal was to reinstate the terms of the original contract. It could not extend the life of the contract beyond its expiry date.
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- Type:
- How to
Practical guidance on writing and amending an employee handbook, including incorporation into the employment contract and varying the contract.
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- Date:
- 12 January 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Helmet Integrated Systems Ltd v Tunnard and others [2007] IRLR 126 CA, the Court of Appeal has held that it was not a breach of contract or any fiduciary duties when an employee failed to inform his employer that he was taking preparatory steps to develop a product that was intended, following his resignation, to be marketed in competition with the employer.
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- Date:
- 1 December 2006
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Adeneler and others v Ellinikos Organismos Galaktos [2006] IRLR 716 the European Court of Justice has held that the objective reasons justifying the use of successive fixed-term contracts must relate to the particular employment in question.
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- Date:
- 1 December 2006
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Fraser v HLMAD Ltd [2006] IRLR 687 CA, the Court of Appeal holds that claimants who bring claims for wrongful dismissal in the employment tribunal, where a statutory limit on damages of £25,000 applies, cannot recover losses in excess of this limit in the High Court.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 18 November 2005
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A round-up of developments in the implied duty of confidentiality and express contractual terms on confidential information and restraints on competition.
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- Date:
- 18 November 2005
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Murray v Leisureplay plc, the Court of Appeal holds that a clause in a director's service agreement that provided for one year's salary and other benefits to be paid on termination of the contract by the employer, was held not to be unenforceable as a penalty, as it was justifiable on commercial grounds.