Aspden v Webbs Poultry & Meat Group (Holdings) Ltd [1996] IRLR 521 HC

Contracts of employment: Term implied to entitle employee to permanent health insurance

Date:

15 November 1996

In Aspden v Webbs Poultry & Meat Group (Holdings) Ltd, the High Court implies a term into an employee's contract of employment providing that, save for summary dismissal, the employer would not terminate the contract while the employee was incapacitated for work.