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Fixed-term contracts: Reinstatement after appeal does not extend fixed-term contract beyond original expiry date

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    Prakash v Wolverhampton City Council EAT/0140/06 (0 other reports)

Where a fixed-term contractor's dismissal for misconduct was overturned by an appeal decided after the expiry date of the contract, the effect of the successful appeal was to reinstate the terms of the original contract. It could not extend the life of the contract beyond its expiry date.