Employee unfairly dismissed for imprisonment guilty of contributory conduct

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  Prior v City Plumbing Supplies Ltd EAT/0535/11 (1 other report)

  • Unfair dismissal: Dismissed employee's imprisonment did not frustrate contract, but was contributory conduct

    Date:

    24 October 2012

    In Prior v City Plumbing Supplies Ltd EAT/0535/11, the EAT upheld the tribunal’s decision that an employee who was unfairly dismissed when his employer erroneously believed that his imprisonment had frustrated the contract of employment had contributed to his dismissal.