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- Date:
- 22 February 1991
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Rutherford v Radio Rentals Ltd, the Court of Session holds that to give effect to an employer's contractual obligation to provide personal accident insurance for its employees, it may be necessary to imply a further term that the employer must make a payment to any employee who qualifies under the terms of the insurance policy referred to in the contract. The employer cannot discharge its obligations merely by relying on a refusal by the insurance company to honour the policy.
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- Date:
- 1 February 1991
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Robb v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham [1991] IRLR 72 HC, the High Court granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the council from giving effect to the purported summary dismissal of its director of finance on disciplinary grounds - and requiring it to treat him as suspended on full pay - unless and until it had properly complied with the disciplinary procedure incorporated into his contract of employment.
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- Date:
- 11 January 1991
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Lansing Linde Ltd v Kerr the Court of Appeal holds that the High Court was entitled to refuse an employer's application for an interim injunction restraining a former employee from working for a competitor in breach of a restrictive covenant.
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- Date:
- 19 June 1990
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The High Court's decision in Micklefield v SAC Technology Ltd illustrates how employees' rights under employee share option schemes can be affected by the termination of their employment.
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- Date:
- 6 June 1990
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Where an employee is wrongfully dismissed, any outstanding contractual obligations of the injured employee are extinguished upon the ending of the employment contract, holds the High Court in Briggs v Oates.
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- Date:
- 9 May 1990
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The doctrine of frustration should be severely limited in its scope when applied to employment contracts says the EAT in Williams v Watsons Luxury Coaches Ltd.
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- Date:
- 5 December 1989
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In United Bank Ltd v Akhtar, the EAT holds that it was necessary for certain terms to be implied into a contract of employment in order for the employee to be in a position to comply with a relocation clause.
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- Date:
- 11 July 1989
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employee who is not ready and willing to perform all of his duties under his contract of employment is not entitled to be paid at all rules the Court of Appeal in Wiluszynski v London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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- Date:
- 21 February 1989
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Provident Financial Group plc and Whitegates Estate Agency Ltd v Hayward the Court of Appeal upholds a judge's refusal to grant an injunction to restrain the group's former finance director from joining a competitor before his notice period had expired.
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- Date:
- 31 December 1988
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [1988] 1 All ER 348 CA, the Court of Appeal held that if a contract contains an unusual or onerous term of which the other party is likely to be unaware, then the party trying to enforce that term must show that reasonable steps have been taken to bring that term to the notice of the other party.