Case round-up in brief
This report relates to 3 case(s)
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Cobley v Forward Technology Industries plc [2003] IRLR 706 CA
(2 other reports)
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- Date:
- 5 December 2003
In Cobley v Forward Technology Industries plc, the Court of Appeal holds that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that a company chief executive was fairly dismissed for "some other substantial reason" following a bidding war and hostile takeover of the company and his removal as a director.
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- Date:
- 3 June 2003
This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: unconventional working patterns; and express provisions in service agreements leading to automatic termination.
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Kirton v Tetrosyl Ltd [2003] IRLR 353 CA
(2 other reports)
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- Date:
- 18 July 2003
In Kirton v Tetrosyl Ltd, the Court of Appeal holds that an individual suffering from urinary incontinence - not of itself a substantive "impairment" within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - is nonetheless disabled under that Act where the incontinence was caused by surgery conducted as a standard treatment for the progressive condition of asymptomatic cancer.
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- 13 May 2003
This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: employers' liability for harassment by a third party; and disability discrimination.
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Ree v Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd [2003] All ER (D) 23 (May) EAT
(1 other report)
This month's case round up in brief.
Employer can be liable for acts of third party
(Ree v Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) Limited, EAT)
In the well-known "Bernard Manning case" - Burton v de Vere Hotels
- the EAT ruled that employers could be liable for race and sex harassment by
non-employees if the employer failed to take steps to avoid the harassment
occurring.
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