Gunton v Richmond-upon-Thames London Borough Council

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE BUCKLEY,LORD JUSTICE SHAW,LORD JUSTICE BRIGHTMAN
Judgment Date03 July 1980
Judgment citation (vLex)[1980] EWCA Civ J0703-4
Docket Number1976 G No. 562
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date03 July 1980
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170 cases
  • Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 14 December 2011
    ...that it would have taken to conduct the disciplinary procedure if it were conducted and completed with reasonable expedition (the so-called Gunton extension). In allowing this additional compensation, the judge was applying the Court of Appeal decision in Gunton v Richmond-upon-Thames Londo......
  • Hemmings v Tomlinson Hosp
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 28 February 2013
    ...2 A.C. 22; [2012] 2 W.L.R. 55; [2012] IRLR 129; [2011] UKSC 58, applied. (7) Gunton v. Richmond-upon-Thames London Borough Council, [1981] Ch. 448; [1980] 3 W.L.R. 714; [1980] 3 All E.R. 577, distinguished. (8) Johnson v. Unisys Ltd., [2003] 1 A.C. 518; [2001] 2 W.L.R. 1076; [2001] 2 All E.......
  • Dato' Abdullah bin Ahmad v Syarikat Permodalan Kebangsaan Bhd and Others
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1990
  • Geys v Societe Generale, London Branch
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 March 2011
    ...Ground 1 is doomed to failure because of adverse prior authority binding upon this court as upon the judge. Gunton v. Richmond-upon-Thames London Borough Council [1981] 1 Ch 448 is authority of this court (Shaw LJ dissenting) that an unaccepted repudiation of a contract of employment does n......
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  • Supreme Court Gives Judgment In Edwards v Chesterfield
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 20 January 2012
    ...to follow a contractual dismissal procedure, known as the Gunton extension). See Gunton v Richmond-upon-Thames London Borough Council [1981] Ch448, [1980] All ER 577, 79 LGR Mr Edwards was subjected to disciplinary proceedings following an allegation he undertook an inappropriate examinatio......
2 books & journal articles
  • ILO Standards and the Nigerian Law of Unfair Dismissal
    • United Kingdom
    • Edinburgh University Press African Journal of International and Comparative Law No. , September 2009
    • 1 September 2009
    ...contract, damages will be limited to the sum representing net salary for the notice period only.9393See Gunton v Richmon-upon-Thames LBC [1980] ICR 755, per Buckley LJ at p. 722; Abrahams v Herbert Reiach Ltd [1922] 1 KB 477, per Scrutton LJ at p. 482. See also Malik v BCCI SA [1997] IRLR 4......
  • Good faith and Post-Repudiation Conduct
    • Australia
    • University of Western Australia Law Review No. 40-1, December 2015
    • 1 December 2015
    ...Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd v Watson (1946) 72 CLR 435, 450 (Latham CJ); Or contracts of service: Gunton v Richmond-upon-Thames LBC [1981] Ch 448, 474-5 (Brightman LJ). 4White and Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor [1962] AC 413, 430-31 (Lord Reid). 5White and Carter (Councils) Ltd v Mc......

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