Redundancy

Charlesworth v Dransfields Engineering Services

While an employee’s absence for cancer treatment was the context for his employer deciding to make his role redundant, it was not the cause of his dismissal – and therefore didn’t amount to discrimination because of something arising in consequence of his disability.

Kellogg Brown Ltd v Fitton

An employer can rely on a mobility clause in its employees’ contracts where there is a potential redundancy situation – but it must be very careful when it does so, as this decision usefully illustrates.

Thomas v BNP Paribas Read Estate Advisory and Property Management UK

A high-level reorganisation highlights how the manner in which a redundancy process is completed can affect the fairness of a resultant dismissal.