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• Date:

  5 December 2003

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: Chief executive fairly dismissed following hostile takeover

  In Cobley v Forward Technology Industries plc, the Court of Appeal holds that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that a company chief executive was fairly dismissed for "some other substantial reason" following a bidding war and hostile takeover of the company and his removal as a director.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Our resident experts at Pinsents bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up: indirect age discrimination; and homeworking arrangements

  This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: indirect age discrimination; and homeworking arrangements.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up: mobility clauses and "protected" whistleblowing disclosures

  This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: mobility clauses and "protected" whistleblowing disclosures.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer deny payment for any outstanding leave where an employee is dismissed for gross misconduct?

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Our resident experts at Pinsents bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

• Date:

  9 May 2003

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Time off for dependants: First consideration of dependants' leave entitlement

  In Qua v John Ford Morrison Solicitors, the EAT holds that the statutory right to take a "reasonable amount of time off" to care for dependants is a right that applies during working hours to enable employees to deal with the variety of specified unexpected or sudden events affecting their dependants, and in order to make any "necessary" longer-term arrangements for their care.

• Date:

  4 April 2003

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Contracts of employment: 13-week contractual notice disentitled employee on sick leave from statutory notice pay

  In Scotts Company (UK) Ltd v Budd, the EAT holds that an employee who had exhausted his contractual entitlement to sick pay, and had remained on unpaid sick leave for a year before he was dismissed, was not entitled to a week's pay for each week of his statutory minimum notice period.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is an employee who has exhausted their sick pay entitled to notice pay if dismissed on grounds of ill health?

• Date:

  7 March 2003

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: "Band of reasonable responses" test applies to reasonableness of investigation into misconduct

  In Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd v Hitt, the Court of Appeal emphasises that the "band of reasonable responses" test applies to the question of the reasonableness of an employer's investigations into alleged misconduct, as it does to other procedural and substantive aspects of the decision to dismiss.