United Bank Ltd v Akhtar
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Year | 1989 |
| Date | 1989 |
| Court | Employment Appeal Tribunal |
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69 cases
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Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald International
...be the law in this case. Even a simple discretion whether to award a bonus must not be exercised capriciously ( United Bank Ltd v Akhtar [1989] IRLR 507 EAT, Clark v BET plc [1997] IRLR 348 and Midland Bank plc v McCann 5/6/1998 unreported EAT) or without reasonable or sufficient grounds (......
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Martin John Stevens v University of Birmingham
...in short, that an employer must treat his employees fairly. 25 A useful example of the practical operation of the implied term is United Bank v Akhtar [1989] IRLR 507. The case concerned a mobility clause which provided that " the bank may from time to time require an employee to be transfe......
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Johnson v Unisys Ltd
...express right to transfer an employee may be qualified by the obligation of mutual trust and confidence: see United Bank v Akhtar [1989] IRLR 507, Sweet & Maxwell's Encyclopaedia of Employment Law, vol 1 paras 1.5101 and 1.5107. The interaction of the implied obligation of trust and confide......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Could your business, and your employees, benefit from a move to smart working in 2019?
...of a mobility clause in employment contracts, they need to consider its interplay with other relevant clauses. In United Bank v. Akhtar [1989] IRLR 507 the employer, who wished to rely on a mobility clause, refused to exercise its express contractual discretion to pay relocation expenses. T......
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Could Your Business, And Your Employees, Benefit From A Move To Smart Working In 2019?
...of a mobility clause in employment contracts, they need to consider its interplay with other relevant clauses. In United Bank v. Akhtar [1989] IRLR 507 the employer, who wished to rely on a mobility clause, refused to exercise its express contractual discretion to pay relocation expenses. T......
5 books & journal articles
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Employers' Liability at Common Law: Two Competing Paradigms
...Coal Staff Superannuation Fund Scheme Trustees[1995] 1 All ER 912. and the exercise of powers under job mobility1515United Bank v Akhtar [1989] IRLR 507. and job flexibility1616White v Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd [1991] ICR 733; BPCC Purnell Ltd v Webb [1992] EAT/129/90. But see Hussman Manufa......
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WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SINGAPORE: THE LEGAL CHALLENGE
...164 Supra n 161. 165 Post Office v Roberts [1980] IRLR 347; Woods v WM Car Services, supra n 146 at 351 1 20—22; United Bank Ltd v Akhter[1989] IRLR 507 at 512; Imperial Group Pension Trust Ltd v Imperial Tobacco Ltd[1989] IRLR 66. 166 See generally Harvey McGregor, McGregor on Damages (16t......
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BONUSES (AND OTHER PAYMENTS) IN EMPLOYMENT
...56 See, for instance, Loh Siok Wah v American International Assurance Co Ltd[1998] 2 SLR(R) 245 and Reda v Flag Ltd[2002] IRLR 747. 57[1989] IRLR 507. 58United Bank v Akhtar[1989] IRLR 507 at [44]. 59[1992] QB 333; [1991] 2 All ER 293. See also Imperial Group Pension Trust Ltd v Imperial To......
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ILO Standards and the Nigerian Law of Unfair Dismissal
...trust and confidence between the parties, the breach of which gives rise to compensatory consequences.128128See United Bank v Akhtar [1989] IRLR 507; Imperial Group Pension Trust v Imperial Tobacco [1991] ICR 524; Clark v BET [1997] IRLR The English House of Lords in the 1998 case of Malik ......
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