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Unfair Dismissal: Disciplinary investigations – how much detail is reasonable?
The EAT recently had to decide whether a misconduct investigation was unreasonable because it was too thorough. Corinne Hough investigates ‘This is an unusual case; it is often argued that an investigation is not thorough enough, rather than too detailed.’ In NHS 24 v Pillar [2017], the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) concluded that an employment …
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- Airbus (UK) Ltd v Webb [2008] EWCA Civ 49
- British Home Stores Ltd v Burchell [1978] UKEAT/108/78/2007
- Diosynth Ltd v Thomson [2006] ScotCS CSIH 5
- NHS 24 v Pillar [2017] UKEATS/0005/16/JW
- Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust v Westwood [2009] UKEAT/0032/09/1712
- Stratford v Auto Trail VR Ltd [2016] UKEAT 0116/16/3110