Source: Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin Issue: 194 Date: 06-10-1981 Publisher: IRS

Capability: Alidair gross incompetence test limited

TOPICS:
terms, conditions and employee rights policies and procedures
termination of employment dismissal

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Inner London Education Authority v Lloyd [1981] IRLR 394 CA (1 report)


The Court of Appeal's decision in Alidair Ltd v Taylor* (IRLIB 110) is authority for the proposition that there are circumstances in which an employee's incompetence can be so great that it is unnecessary to give him an opportunity to improve. The effect of the Court of Appeal's more recent decision in Inner London Education Authority v Lloyd, however, is to limit the application of the Alidair case.

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