LIST OF CASES / Raspin v United New Shops Ltd 1999

[1999] IRLR 9, EAT

NOTES

Raspin v United News Shops Ltd, EAT on 15th September 1998, reported at [1999] IRLR 9, EAT.

The full text judgment in this case is available free of charge on the BAILII website.

Authority for the proposition that:-

compensation for wrongful dismissal payable to an employee who has not completed the period of continuous employment needed to claim unfair dismissal but who would have done so if the dismissal had been carried out lawfully can include compensation for the loss of chance to claim unfair dismissal (and therefore inter alia of basic award).

For main relevant notes see Wrongful dismissal/damages for .

editor's note:
for practical purposes this decision was effectively overruled by the Court of Appeal in Harper v Virgin Net Ltd CA 2004 EWCA (Civ) 271, Court of Appeal on 10th March 2004.

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