Courtaulds Northern Textiles Ltd v Andrew

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1979
Date1979
CourtEmployment Appeal Tribunal
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  • Mr S Cree v Prestwick Aircraft Maintenance Ltd: 4104643/2018
    • United Kingdom
    • Employment Tribunal
    • May 3, 2019
    ...was made to the case of Morrow v Safeway Stores EAT/0275/00 and its summary of the decision in Courtaulds Northern Textiles Ltd v Andrew [1979] IRLR 84. It was submitted that there must be a fundamental that seriously damages trust and confidence and that the Claimant fails because he had n......
  • Crocs Europe BV v Craig Lee anderson and Another trading as Spectrum Agencies (A Partnership)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • October 30, 2012
    ...implied term is a fundamental breach amounting to a repudiation since it necessarily goes to the root of the contract: see Courtaulds Northern Textile Ltd v Andrew [1979] IRLR 84" 57 The phrase "likely to destroy or seriously damage the relationship of confidence or trust" used in Woods was......
  • IBM United Kingdom Holdings Ltd and Another v Stuart Dalgleish and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • April 4, 2014
    ...understood by the lay employee to whom the statements were made. 459 As to the first of those, he relies on a number of cases: i) Courtaulds v Andrew [1979] IRLR 84: This was a case where the offensive statement made by one party was not only wrong but was known to be wrong when it was made......
  • Mrs L Quinn v Boots Opticians Professional Services Ltd: 2403537/2020
    • United Kingdom
    • Employment Tribunal
    • August 10, 2021
    ...the last straw does not amount to a breach of contract. 67. He further referred to the case of Courtaulds Northern Textiles Ltd v Andrew [1979] IRLR 84 (EAT) in relation to the common ground between the parties that the respondent owed the claimant a duty not act in a manner calculated or l......
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  • High Court says no implied duty of trust and confidence in contracts of employment
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • September 16, 2014
    ...to destroy or seriously damage the relationship of confidence and trust between the parties' (Courtauld's Northern Textiles Ltd v Andrew [1979] IRLR 84, 85). The existence of this implied term received the imprimatur of the House of Lords in Malik v Bank of Credit and Commerce International......
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