Case roundup: TUPE transfers and unfair dismissal

This report relates to 2 case(s)

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  Post Office v Liddiard [2001] All ER (D) 46 (Jun) CA (3 other reports)

  • Courts of Appeal conflict over definition of detriment

    Date:

    1 October 2001

    Two apparently contradictory judgements address whether treatment must have any material consequences to constitute a detriment under discrimination law. Plus, cases on Tupe, termination payments and unfair dismissal for misconduct unrelated to employment

  • Public disgrace could justify dismissal

    Date:

    1 October 2001

    Organisations worried about damage to their reputations from the out-of-hours misconduct of employees could be justified in sacking them.

  • Unfair dismissal: Tribunal wrongly held convicted football hooligan's dismissal to be unfair

    Date:

    1 August 2001

    In Post Office v Liddiard, the Court of Appeal sets aside an employment tribunal's decision that the dismissal of an employee following his involvement in football hooliganism was unfair.

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  Transport & General Workers' Union v James McKinnon, JR (Haulage) Ltd and others [2001] IRLR 597 EAT (1 other report)

  • Courts of Appeal conflict over definition of detriment

    Date:

    1 October 2001

    Two apparently contradictory judgements address whether treatment must have any material consequences to constitute a detriment under discrimination law. Plus, cases on Tupe, termination payments and unfair dismissal for misconduct unrelated to employment