Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 233 (Feb)
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Tuckey, Rix and Neuberger LJJ

Representation John Livesey (instructed by Somerset County Council Legal Services, Taunton) for the employer.
  The employee appeared by her representative.
Judgment Dates: 13 February 2004

Catchwords

Employment - Unfair dismissal - Reason for dismissal - Procedural requirements.

The Case

Findings of contributory fault could be equated with findings of fact. Accordingly the Employment Appeal Tribunal could not have substituted its own findings of fact unless it had established that the tribunal's findings had been perverse.

Practice Areas

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