Termination in UK Law

  • Vine v National Dock Labour Board
    • House of Lords
    • 05 December 1956
    ... ... ; ( b ) suspend him without pay for a period not exceeding seven days; ( c ) give him seven days' notice of termination of employment; ( d ) dismiss him summarily." ... J. Clause 17, which provides:— ... ...
  • Geys v Societe Generale, London Branch
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 December 2012
    ... ... His case is that he was dismissed on 6 January 2008, and that he is entitled to a sum contractually due to him in the form of a termination payment amounting to more than €12.5m and to damages for breach of contract. The Bank's case is that the appellant is entitled to a termination ... ...
  • Delaney v Staples (trading as De Montfort Recruitment)
    • House of Lords
    • 12 March 1992
    ... ... In a large number of cases, claims arising from the termination of employment relate only to the employer's failure to pay accrued wages or sums in lieu of notice. It would therefore obviously be convenient if ... ...
  • Vine v National Dock Labour Board
    • Court of Appeal
    • 30 November 1955
    ... ... any payment under clause 14 hereof; (b) suspend him without pay for a period not exceeding seven days; (c) give him seven days notice of termination of employment; (d) dismiss him summarily". The powers are given to the Local Board, aid as this Court said in the case of Barnard there powers are ... ...
  • Mid Essex Hospital Services Nhs Trust v Compass Group Uk and Ireland Ltd (trading as Medirest)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 March 2013
    ... ... provides: "The Trust and any Beneficiary shall be entitled to recover from the Contractor the amount of any Loss resulting from termination under Clause 28.1. For the purpose of this Clause, Loss shall include reasonable cost to the Trust and any Beneficiary of the time spent by its ... ...
  • Tullett Prebon Plc and Others v BGC Brokers LP and Others
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 18 March 2010
    ... ... contracts of employment lasting initially for two years or more, after which period the employee may give 6 or 12 months’ notice of termination, thus making a contract with a minimum term of, perhaps, three years, and that is followed by post termination restrictions or covenants which will ... ...
  • Delaney v Staples (trading as De Montfort Recruitment)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 December 1991
    ... ... so far is one where, whether rightly or wrongly, the contract of employment has been terminated and the claim is in respect of a post-termination period of time. This is to be contrasted with the different situation where, typically, an employer gives notice of termination to an employee but ... ...
  • Gisda Cyf v Barratt
    • Supreme Court
    • 13 October 2010
    ... ... LORD KERR (delivering the judgment of the court) ... 1 Determining what is the effective date of the termination of a person's employment has fundamental implications for any claim for unfair dismissal. This case illustrates the substantial penalty that will be ... ...
  • Denny, Mott & Dickson Ltd v Jas. B. Fraser & Company
    • House of Lords
    • 19 May 1944
    ... ... agreement being terminated by either party as aforesaid the Second Parties (the Appellants) shall have the right as at the date of termination of the said Agreement to purchase the said ground and all buildings and erections thereon (i.e. the Grangemouth timber yard) at a price of £4,000 in ... ...
  • TFS Derivatives Ltd v Morgan
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 15 November 2004
    ... ... 2 In this action, the claimant company, TFS Derivatives Limited ("TFS"), claim injunctive relief in the terms of post-termination covenants contained in the contract of employment entered into with the defendant, Simon Morgan, their former employee, who worked as an equity ... ...
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