Rigby v British Steel Corpn

Subject Matter

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Industrial court — Appeals from industrial tribunals — No appearance below — No notice of hearing given to employers — Employers' belief that appearance entered — Notification of decision to employers — No application to tribunal to review decision — 14 days time limit for application — Whether employers should be given opportunity to apply for review — Industrial Tribunals (Industrial Relations, etc) Regulations 1972, Sch, r 12 (1) (2)

[1973] ICR 160

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Redundancy — Redundancy situation — Unsatisfactory work given as reason for dismissal — No warning of future redundancy — Whether employers acted reasonably in treating as sufficient reason for dismissal — Industrial Relations Act 1971, s 24 (5) (6)

[1973] ICR 160