Woods v W M Car Services (Peterborough) Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1981
Date1981
Year1981
CourtEmployment Appeal Tribunal
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531 cases
  • O'Kelly v Trusthouse Forte Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 July 1983
    ...meaning of reasonableness (see CATT v. Braun (1981) ICR 542) or whether a breach amounted to a repudiatory breach (see Woods v. W.M. Car Services (Peterborough) Ltd. (1982) ICR 693). If then it is a question of law, whether on the correct interpretation of a document or whether on the true ......
  • Mr J Gilmour v Ramsdens Financial Ltd: 4111314/2019
    • United Kingdom
    • Employment Tribunal
    • 6 January 2021
    ...[1978] ICR 221 (Western), Malik & Mahmud 4111314/2019 Page 30 v BCCI [1997] ICR 462 (Malik), Woods v WM Car Services v Peterborough [1981] IRLR 347, Lewis v Motor world [1985] IRLR 465(Lewis), Morrow v Sainsbury Stores 2002 IRLR 9, Nottingham County Council v Meikle 2004 IRLR 703 (Meikle), ......
  • Ms E Avdonina v Delin Capital Asset Management UK Ltd and Others: 2206956/2018
    • United Kingdom
    • Employment Tribunal
    • 27 April 2021
    ...sensibly and reasonably, is such that the employee cannot be expected to put up with it (Woods v Car Services (Peterborough) Limited) [1981] ICR 666. It is the impact of the employer’s behaviour (assessed objectively) on the employee that is significant - not the intention of the employer (......
  • Mr C Fagan and Mr L Dickinson v BES Metering Services Ltd: 2414341/2019 and 2400121/2020
    • United Kingdom
    • Employment Tribunal
    • 16 July 2021
    ...Waterhouse [1976] IRLR 386 WE Cox Turner (International) Limited -v- Crook [1981] ICR 823 Woods -v- WM Car Services (Peterborough) Ltd [1981] IRLR 347 WA Goold (Pearmak) Ltd -v- McConnell [1995] IRLR 516 Malik -v- BCCI SA [1997] ICR 606 London Borough of Waltham Forest -v- Omilaju [2005] IR......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Changing Pension Arrangements - Employer's Duty Of Good Faith - Pensions In 30 Podcasts, Episode 18
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 17 August 2017
    ...employer and employee". The employment contract implied term arose from the case of Woods v WM Car Services (Peterborough) Limited [1981] IRLR 347 which was approved by the Court of Appeal in Lewis v Motorworld Garages Ltd [1985] IRLR An employer is under an implied duty, in relation to a p......
  • You Are Fired! What You Need To Know About Constructive Dismissal
    • Malaysia
    • Mondaq Malaysia
    • 18 February 2016
    ...the company. Your contract of employment also consists implied terms. In the English case of Woods v W.M. Car Services [Peterborough] Ltd [1981] ICR 666, the court acknowledged that there is an implied term in a contract of employment saying that employers shall not, without reasonable and ......
4 books & journal articles
  • WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SINGAPORE: THE LEGAL CHALLENGE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1999, December 1999
    • 1 December 1999
    ...Shields) Ltd[1984] 1 All ER 881. 146 Courtaulds Northern Textiles Ltd v Andrew [1978] IRLR 84; Woods v WM Car Services (Peterborough) Ltd[1981] IRLR 347, affirmed [1982] IRLR 413 (CA); Bliss v South East Thames Regional Health Authority[1985] IRLR 308; Lewis v Motorworld Garages[1985] IRLR ......
  • The Mutuality of Obligations Doctrine and Termination of the Employment Contract: McNeill v Aberdeen City Council (No 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Edinburgh Law Review No. , May 2014
    • 1 May 2014
    ...is automatically repudiatory,5 5 Courtaulds Northern Textiles Ltd v Andrew [1979] IRLR 84 at 86 per Arnold J; Woods v W M Car Services [1981] ICR 666 at 672 per Browne-Wilkinson J; Morrow v Safeway's Stores [2002] IRLR 9; and Amnesty International v Ahmed [2009] IRLR 884 at para the effect ......
  • Analyses: Did He Jump or Was He Pushed? Revisiting Constructive Dismissal
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...the common-law termination of a contract byone party because of the other’s wrongful repudiation (Woods v WM CarServices (Peterborough) [1981] IRLR 347 (EAT); Mafomane v RustenburgPlatinum Mines [2003] 10 BLLR 999 (LC) in par 47).This common-law test of the employer’s repudiation by making ......
  • Power Relations in Employment Disputes
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Law and Society No. 44-4, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...(2011) 40 IndustrialLaw J. 232.78 Courtaulds Northern Textiles Limited v. Andrew [1979] IRLR 84; Woods v. WM CarServices (Peterborough) [1981] ICR 666.ß2017 The Author. Journal of Law and Society ß2017 Cardiff University Law to their hours of work. The solicitor suggested that the women sen......

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