Wrongful Dismissal in UK Law

  • Malik and Mahmud v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Junio 1997
    ......Mahmud had worked for the bank for 16 years. At the time of his dismissal he was manager of the bank's Brompton Road branch. Mr. Malik was employed ... 36 This approach brings one face to face with the decision in the wrongful dismissal case of Addis v. Gramophone Co. Ltd. [1909] A.C. 488 . It ......
  • Johnson v Unisys Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 22 Marzo 2001
    ...... SA [1998] AC 20 , although that was not a manner of dismissal case. In principle the appellant's argument has much to commend it. I said ... for financial loss actually suffered as a result of the manner of wrongful dismissal. . 4 It is instructive to consider ......
  • Geys v Societe Generale, London Branch
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 Diciembre 2012
    ...... ("the Bank"), about the amount due to him following his summary dismissal from his employment. His case is that he was dismissed on 6 January 2008, ..., is the employee entitled to maintain a claim for damages for wrongful dismissal and an alleged breach of the tax efficiency provision in ......
  • British Transport Commission v Gourley
    • House of Lords
    • 08 Diciembre 1955
    ...... difference between actions for personal injuries and actions for wrongful dismissal in regard to the obligation of the plaintiff to pay tax on the ......
  • Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    • Supreme Court
    • 14 Diciembre 2011
    ...... term, not as a foundation for a statutory claim for unfair dismissal or as a foundation for a claim for damages unrelated to dismissal, but as ... he claimed damages for breach of his employment contract and its wrongful termination. By his particulars of claim, he alleges that the termination ......
  • Lavarack v Woods of Colchester Ltd
    • Court of Appeal
    • 19 Julio 1966
    ......On 9th November, 1964, he issued a writ claiming damages for wrongful dismissal. He took out a summons under Order XIV. The Company charged him ......
  • Laws v London Chronicle (Indicator Newspapers) Ltd
    • Court of Appeal
    • 22 Abril 1959
    ......In this action she sued for damages for wrongful dismissal on the 23rd June; and it is not in doubt that the damages which ......
  • Gunton v Richmond-upon-Thames London Borough Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 Julio 1980
    ...... the procedure to be followed in regard to the suspension and dismissal of officers for breaches of discipline. That procedure involved a series ...It is trite enough that the wrongful repudiation of a contract does not, in general, determine the contract. It ......
  • R v East Berkshire Health Authority, ex parte Walsh
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 Mayo 1984
    ...... in East B erkshire undesirable and fully justifies his dismissal. We recommend that he is immediately suspended from duty and that he is ... acquire certain private law rights and remedies in damages for wrongful dismissal, compensation for unfair dismissal, an order for re-instatement ......
  • Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Bairstow
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 Marzo 2003
    ......) instituted proceedings against QMH claiming damages for wrongful dismissal. QMH claimed that he was rightly dismissed and alleged that he ......
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