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- Type:
- Policies and documents
Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.
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- Date:
- 8 February 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In Tillman v Egon Zehnder, the Court of Appeal held that a six-month non-compete clause that prevented the employee from being "concerned or interested in any business carried on in competition" after termination of employment was unenforceable as it would bar her from being a shareholder in a competing business.
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- Date:
- 31 January 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In Agoreyo v London Borough of Lambeth [2017] EWHC 2019 HC, the High Court held that a teacher was constructively dismissed when she resigned in response to a knee-jerk suspension. In the circumstances of the case, the suspension had been a breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence entitling the employee to resign without notice.
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- Date:
- 5 December 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the employer acted in breach of the implied term to maintain trust and confidence by giving a misleading reason for the employee's dismissal.
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- Date:
- 25 August 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
The High Court has held that an employee had no reasonable expectation of privacy when he used his employer's computer system to create,and transmit, personal email correspondence in the course of his employment.
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- Date:
- 24 August 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
The High Court has held that the suspension of a teacher was a "knee-jerk" reaction and in breach of the implied term of trust and confidence between the employer and employee.
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- Date:
- 1 July 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
Kirsti Laird is senior associate at Charles Russell Speechlys. She rounds up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 3 April 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
An employment tribunal has awarded £25,000 for breach of contract to an apprentice whose contract of apprenticeship, which was due to run for four years, was terminated after less than two years.
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- Date:
- 30 March 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
In Adesokan v Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd [2017] IRLR 346 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employee's negligent failure to act constituted gross misconduct justifying summary dismissal.
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- Date:
- 6 March 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
The High Court has held that two ex-employees breached their contracts of employment by misusing confidential information belonging to their former employer's business. However, the High Court found that the employer had not suffered any financial loss and that it was entitled to only nominal damages of £1 from each employee.
