LIST OF CASES / Cobley v Forward Technology Industries plc CA 2003

[2003] EWCA Civ 646, reported at [2003] ICR 1050, CA (also reported at [2003] IRLR 706)

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Cobley v Forward Technology Industries plc [2003] EWCA Civ 646, Court of Appeal on 14th May 2003, reported at [2003] ICR 1050, CA (also reported at [2003] IRLR 706)

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Representation:-

Mr Sean Jones instructed by Lewis Silkin for Mr Cobley, the Appellant

Ms Suzanne McKie instructed by Lovells for Forward Technology Industries plc, the Respondent

Authority for the proposition that:-

when a chief executive of a company is dismissed by new shareholders after winning a contested takeoever battle during which that executive had strongly opposed the new shareholders, that dismissal can be a dismissal for "some other substantial reason" within the meaning of Employment Rights Act 1996 s.98 and that reason can be a fair reason.

For relevant general notes see Unfair dismissal/some other substantial reason (''SOSR'') for dismissal

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