Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 83 (Jun)
Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Judge:

Judge Clark, Ms V Branney and Mr G Lewis

Representation Deshpal Panesar (instructed by the Bar Pro Bono Unit) for the employee.
  Paul Gilroy QC (instructed by Eversheds LLP, Manchester) for the employer.
Judgment Dates: 3 May 2012

Catchwords

Employment - Compensation - Unfair dismissal - Employee being unfairly dismissed - Employee rejecting employer's offer to settle - Employment tribunal finding employee's rejection of offer unreasonable - Tribunal taking rejection of offer into account in assessing employee's compensation - Employee appealing - Whether tribunal erring - .

The Case

Employment Compensation. The Employment Appeal Tribunal allowed the employee's appeal against the employment tribunal's decision that she had failed to mitigate her losses by unreasonably refusing a settlement offer from the employer.

Practice Areas

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