prima facie

Explain the test for frustration of contract and provide some examples of how it might arise in the employment setting. What must an employer prove to persuade a court that a contract has been frustrated due to the employee’s illness?

SCENARIO Last year, County Beer Company hired Bridget Dortman as a beer maker after she graduated from college with a diploma in Brewing Sciences. As a beer maker, Bridget learned the formula and process used to make the popular County Beer Ale. One day, Amanda Wellington, the new human resources manager, noticed when going through […]

In the light of Ms Arabadjieva’s observations, examine and critically comment on the current UK law relating to industrial action, with particular reference to the so-called ‘right to strike’.

Organising and going on strike is regarded in law as a prima facie wrong doing against the employer, rather than as an expression of the fundamental human right of workers to defend their interests through collective action. So long as this is the case, the burden will remain on unions and workers seeking to defend […]

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