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Unfair dismissal: Supreme Court questions validity of long-standing Burchell test
In ruling on the fairness of a headteacher‘s dismissal for failing to disclose a relationship with a sex offender, the UK‘s highest court appears to have cast doubt on the established test applied to misconduct dismissals, reveal Emma Burrows and Anna Scott ‘It was Ms Reilly‘s “continuing lack of insight“ in her refusal to accept …
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- British Home Stores Ltd v Burchell [1978] UKEAT/108/78/2007
- Iceland Frozen Foods Ltd v Jones [1982] UKEAT 62/82
- Post Office v Foley [2000] EWCA Civ 3030
- Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2018] UKSC 16