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R & M Gaskarth v Mooney & Mooney - attribution of illness to dismissal: "to a material extent" as against "in no small part"

Where a medical condition prevents a dismissed employee from working, it is just and equitable to compensate for losses if the illness is attributable "to a material extent" to the dismissal. A test that looks for attribution "in no small part" is valid as at least equivalent - it might even be too stringent a test, but it is certainly no weaker.

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