Aspden v Webbs Poultry & Meat Group (Holdings) Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1996
Year1996
CourtHigh Court
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22 cases
  • Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers v Tesco Stores Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 Julio 2022
    ...relied on the established line of cases relating to permanent health insurance. In Aspden v Webbs Poultry and Meat Group (Holdings) Ltd [1996] IRLR 521 Sedley J concluded (at [15]) that: “It was … the mutual intention … that the provisions for dismissal in the contract of employment into wh......
  • McGrath v Trintech Technologies Ltd
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 29 Octubre 2004
    ...LTD 2004 ELR 161 REDMOND DISMISSAL LAW 2ED PARA 2.11 TREITEL LAW OF CONTRACT 10ED 190 ASPDEN V WEBBS POULTRY & MEAT GROUP (HOLDINGS) LTD 1996 IRLR 521 GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION 1998 IRLR 641 VILLELLA V MFI FURNITURE CENTRES LTD 1999 IRLR 468 BRISCOE V LUBRIZOL LTD 2......
  • The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers v Tesco Stores Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 3 Febrero 2022
    ...an express term, Mr Gilroy submitted that there was ample authority, beginning with Aspden v Webbs Poultry and Meat Group (Holdings) Ltd [1996] IRLR 521, supportive of his contention that the Defendant's otherwise unfettered express power to give notice to terminate the contract of employme......
  • Briscoe v Lubrizol Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 Abril 2002
    ...or due to him under the terms of the scheme: see the decision of Sedley J in Asden v Webbs Poultry and Meat Group (Holdings) Limited [1996] IRLR 521, as approved by the obiter dicta of Staughton LJ in Brompton v AOC International Limited and UNUM Limited [1997] IRLR 639 and clarified in Hil......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Dismissing An Employee On Long Term Sick Leave When In Receipt Of PHI Benefits
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 7 Diciembre 2012
    ...you on all of the relevant issues relating to your provision of PHI. Footnote 1 Aspden v Webbs Poultry & Meat Group (Holdings) Ltd [1996] IRLR 521 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your spec......
  • Are retirement ages in PHI schemes age discriminatory?
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 28 Abril 2016
    ...entitlement to PHI can be very costly. In one leading High Court case, Aspden v. Webbs Poultry & Meat Group (Holdings) Limited [1996] I.R.L.R. 521, an employee was awarded around three-quarters of their salary for each year up to their retirement age, in circumstances where the employer cou......
1 books & journal articles
  • Fixed Term Employment Contracts: The Permanence of the Temporary
    • South Africa
    • Juta Stellenbosch Law Review No. , May 2019
    • 27 Mayo 2019
    ...27 1966 2 SA 155 (A) 163G-H. 28 Kerr Contract 368-370; See also the Engli sh case of Aspden v Webbs Poultry & Meat Group (Holdings) Ltd [1996] IRLR 521. Since the real inten tion of the par ties was ascer tained, it wa s not relevant whet her or not the term w as necessary t o accord the co......

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