Boorman v Allmakes Ltd [1995] IRLR 553 CA

Unfair dismissal remedies: "Redundancy" payment reduces basic award only if employee was in fact redundant

Date:

1 November 1995

In Boorman v Allmakes Ltd, the Court of Appeal holds that an industrial tribunal cannot deduct an ex gratia payment made to an unfairly dismissed employee by an employer from the employee's basic award unless the dismissal was in fact by reason of redundancy.