Dismissal

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• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter informing employee of outcome of redundancy appeal hearing

  A model letter to inform an employee of the outcome of a redundancy appeal hearing where the employer offers an appeal stage in its redundancy process.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter inviting employee to redundancy appeal hearing

  A model letter to invite an employee to a redundancy appeal hearing where the employer offers an appeal stage in its redundancy process.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Sinead Jones is an associate, and Phil Dupres and Beckie Howlett are trainee solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard. They round up the latest rulings.

• Date:

  22 May 2012

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Human rights: NHS trust's decision to dismiss doctor did not engage right to fair and public hearing

  The Court of Appeal has held that an NHS trust's decision to dismiss a doctor, which made it more difficult for him to practise in his chosen profession, did not engage his right to a fair and public hearing under the European Convention on Human Rights. 

• Date:

  21 May 2012

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Termination of employment: Objective meaning of termination letter to be taken at face value

  In CF Capital plc v Willoughby [2011] EWCA Civ 1115 CA, the Court of Appeal held that a letter of dismissal was effective notice to terminate the employee’s contract, even though it was based on a mistaken understanding that the employee had agreed to the termination. The “special circumstances” exception to the normal operation of such a notice did not apply, so attempts to retract the dismissal did not alter the position.

• Date:

  16 May 2012

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Employee unfairly dismissed for imprisonment guilty of contributory conduct

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has affirmed the employment tribunal's decision that an employee who was unfairly dismissed because the employer believed his prison sentence frustrated his contract of employment was guilty of contributory conduct. 

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Georgina Kyriacou and David Malamatenios are partners and Sandra Martins, Colin Makin and Krishna Santra are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Call-centre worker fairly dismissed for offensive Facebook comments about colleague

  A Northern Ireland industrial tribunal has provided a useful example for employers of circumstances in which it can be fair to dismiss an employee for offensive comments made about a work colleague on Facebook.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter providing statement of reasons for employee's dismissal

  A model letter to an employee giving a statement of reasons for dismissal when a dismissed employee makes a request to be given a written statement of the reasons for their dismissal.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Effective date of termination

  A table setting out the effective date of termination for unfair dismissal claims.