Employment law cases

Brown and others v Knowsley Borough Council [1986] IRLR 102 EAT

Reports relating to this case:

  • Dismissal: Contract for a specific purpose

    Date:
    18 February 1986

    In Brown and others v Knowsley Borough Council the EAT upholds an industrial tribunal's ruling that a temporary teacher employed by a local authority on an MSC funded course was engaged under a contract for a specific purpose (ie a contract to last only for so long as was necessary to fulfil its purpose).