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Court's ruling could cut big stress payouts

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Eastwood and another v Magnox Electric plc [2002] IRLR 447 CA (3 other reports)
- End to big stress payouts
  
  Date:
  
  1 November 2002
  
  A Court of Appeal ruling could mean the days of massive county court compensation pay-outs for cases of stress are numbered.
- On appeal: Holiday pay, dismissal and mitigating loss
  
  Date:
  
  9 July 2002
  
  Continuing our regular series on the implications of recent significant cases, Sarah Keeble, a partner in the Olswang Employment Group, looks at the issues.
- Implied terms: No common law remedy where unfair treatment culminates in dismissal
  
  Date:
  
  15 May 2002
  
  In Eastwood and Williams v Magnox Electric plc, the Court of Appeal holds that employees who claimed that they were subjected to months of bullying and harassment and then unfairly dismissed, could not bring a county court claim for damages for breach of either the implied term of mutual trust and confidence or the duty of care owed by the employer to the employee.

The number of massive compensation payouts awarded for stress by the county courts could be slashed following a Court of Appeal ruling.

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Published date: 10 September 2002
Publisher: RBI
Source: Personnel Today

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