Employment Contract in UK Law

  • Malik and Mahmud v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA
    • House of Lords
    • 12 June 1997
    ... ... because they were stigmatised by reason of their previous employment by B.C.C.I., and that they suffered loss in consequence ... 8 In the ... than a reflection of what goes without saying in any ordinary contract of employment, namely, that in agreeing to work for an employer the ... ...
  • Geys v Societe Generale, London Branch
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 December 2012
    ... ... the amount due to him following his summary dismissal from his employment. His case is that he was dismissed on 6 January 2008, and that he is ... 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 ... ...
  • Rookes v Barnard
    • House of Lords
    • 21 January 1964
    ... ... first to suspend the Appellant and then to terminate his employment after giving him due notice. The Appellant has no remedy against B.O.A.C. They neither broke their contract with him nor committed any tort against him. In this action the Appellant ... ...
  • Western Excavating (ECC) Ltd v Sharp
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 November 1977
    ... ... of Judicature Court of Appeal On Appeal from the Employment Appeal Tribunal ... MR. A. C. SMITH (instructed by Messrs, Stephens ... taken to be dismissed by his employer if, but only if, - (a) the contract under which he is employed by the employer is terminated by the employer, ... ...
  • Johnson v Unisys Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 22 March 2001
    ... ... as follows: where a servant is wrongfully dismissed from his employment the damages for the dismissal cannot include compensation for the manner ... When the first edition of Treitel's classic book on contract was published some 40 years ago the author described the exclusion of any ... ...
  • O'Kelly v Trusthouse Forte Plc
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 July 1983
    ... ... COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) From: Employment Appeal Tribunal Royal Courts of Justice, (Transcript of ... employers to be casual workers and not employees engaged under a contract of employment. The separate position of casual workers is recognised by ... ...
  • Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher and Others
    • Supreme Court
    • 27 July 2011
    ... ... individual who has entered into or works under … (a) a contract of employment; or (b) any other contract, whether express or ... ...
  • Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    • Supreme Court
    • 14 December 2011
    ... ... 1 It is now well established that an employment contract is subject to an implied term that the employer and employee may ... ...
  • Lewis v Motorworld Garages Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 01 August 1985
    ... ... OF JUDICATURE COURT OF APPEAL ON APPEAL FROM THE EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Royal Courts of Justice (Transcript of the ... Lewis's contract of employment which would have entitled him, had he so desired, to accept ... ...
  • Bates van Winkelhof v Clyde & Company LLP and another (Pubic Concern at Work intervening)
    • Supreme Court
    • 21 May 2014
    ... ... (LLP) be a "worker" within the meaning of section 230(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ("the 1996 Act")? If she is, she may claim the benefit of ... who has entered into, works under or has worked under "a contract of employment". No-one has suggested that the contract between the member ... ...
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