In Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd v Spoor the EAT upheld a Tribunal decision that Spoor was unfairly dismissed after he had violently grabbed a colleague by the neck. Although Spoor had apologised the next day, …
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In City of York v Grosset, in upholding an earlier Tribunal decision, the EAT has emphasised the importance of a proportionate response before disabled employees are dismissed. Grosset was Head of English at a secondary …
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In Herry v Dudley Council the Tribunal dealt with the question of whether long term stress counts as disability for the purposes of the Equality Act. Herry claimed to be disabled by virtue of workplace …
In Stratford v Auto Trail VR the EAT decided that it was fair to take into account previous misconduct by an employee even though it was the subject of expired warnings. Stratford was dismissed for …
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In the case of Adesokan v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd the Court of Appeal has turned down an appeal that a one-off act of misconduct did not justify dismissal. The case arose out of Sainsbury’s use of …
In Capita plc & another v Darch & others the High Court has ruled that employers do not have a claim to property in emails or the contents of emails sent by employees from the employer’s …
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