Collins v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2001] All ER (D) 286 (Jan) EAT

Frustration of contract: Employee not entitled to redundancy payment as contract had been frustrated

Date:

1 August 2001

An employee who had seriously injured his hand and had not worked for some years was not entitled to a redundancy payment when his employer went into receivership as his contract had been frustrated by his ill health, holds the EAT in Collins v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.