B v BAA plc [2005] IRLR 927 EAT
Reports relating to this case:
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Does national safety justify dismissal?
- Date:
- 7 March 2006
Dismissing staff who pose a national security risk could still land employers in a tribunal. David Appleton, partner, employment and incentives department, Lewis Silkin explains.
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Unfair dismissal: Fairness of dismissal must still be considered in national security cases
- Date:
- 16 September 2005
In B v BAA plc, the EAT holds that even where the stated reason for dismissal is "safeguarding national security", the fairness of the dismissal still has to be considered by the employment tribunal in the usual way.