O'BRIEN AND OTHERS v. ASSOCIATED FIRE ALARMS LTD.

Abstract

March 1, 1968 Master and Servant — Redundancy — Dismissal — Employees working and living in Liverpool — Employers operating nation‐wide contract electricity business — Business divided into large areas — Work in Liverpool falling off — Employees required to work away from home within area of operations controlled from Liverpool office — Dismissal of employees refusing to work away from home area — Industrial tribunal's finding of implied term in contract of employment that employees could be required to work anywhere within area controlled from local office — Whether finding of fact or question of law — No evidence to support — Whether court entitled to review — Whether dismissals “by reason of redundancy” — “Place where … employed” — Redundancy Payments Act, 1965 (c.62),ss.l,9.

Citation

Denning, M.R., Salmon, L.J. and Davies, E. (1968), "O'BRIEN AND OTHERS v. ASSOCIATED FIRE ALARMS LTD.", Managerial Law, Vol. 4 No. 3, pp. 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021514