Employment law cases

Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] IRLR 702 CA

The Supreme Court has overturned this Court of Appeal decision in Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Botham v Ministry of Defence [2012] IRLR 129 SC, holding that employees may not recover damages in civil courts for loss suffered as a result of a breach of their contract of employment in relation to the manner of their dismissal unless the loss can be said to precede and be independent of the dismissal.