Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 206 (Nov)
Neutral Citation: [2011] UKPC 42
Court: Privy Council
Judge:

Lord Phillips, Lord Brown, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr and Lord Wilson

Representation Maxime Sauzier (instructed by Blake Lapthorn solicitors) for the employee.
  Herve Duval (instructed by M A Law Solicitors LLP) for the company.
Judgment Dates: 23 November 2011

Catchwords

Mauritius - Unfair dismissal - Constructive dismissal - Employee working for appellant company as transport and workshop manager - Employee being required to work full time in distillery - Employee issuing proceedings for constructive dismissal - Industrial Court and Supreme Court of Mauritius upholding claim - Company appealing to Privy Council - Whether employee unfairly dismissed.

The Case

Mauritius Unfair dismissal. The Privy Council held that the Industrial Court and the Supreme Court of Mauritius had reached the correct conclusions on the facts of the case that the employee had been constructively dismissed from his employment.

Practice Areas

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