Lovett v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, Court of Appeal on 12th January 2001 (Citation No [2001] EWCA Civ 12, unreported)

• a written statement of particulars of employment is not the same as a contract of employment; and
  
• the fact that an employee signed an acknowledgment of receipt of a statement of written particulars of employment which set out terms different from those agreed (eg at interview) does not by itself constitute a variation of the agreed terms.