Hearings
England & Wales
20 May 1982 [1982] ICR 534, EAT
28 Jun 1983 [1985] AC 20; [1983] 3 WLR 730; [1983] ICR 820, CA
15 Mar 1984 [1985] AC 20; [1984] 2 WLR 418; [1985] ICR 209; [1984] 1 All ER 874, HL(E)
Westwood v Secretary of State for Employment
Subject Matter
EMPLOYMENT — Employer's insolvency — Debt due to employee — Dismissal without notice or payment in lieu — Employee receiving social security benefits — Whether Secretary of State entitled to deduct benefits from notice payment — Whether employee under duty to mitigate loss — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, ss 49(1), 50(1), 51, 122(1)(3), Sch 3, paras 2, 7(1)
[1985] AC 20; [1983] 3 WLR 730; [1984] 2 WLR 418; [1982] ICR 534; [1983] ICR 820; [1985] ICR 209
Appellate History
Westwood v Secretary of State for Employment [1982] ICR 534, EAT
Decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal affirmed on different grounds
Westwood v Secretary of State for Employment [1985] AC 20; [1983] 3 WLR 730; [1983] ICR 820, CA
Westwood v Secretary of State for Employment [1985] AC 20; [1983] 3 WLR 730; [1983] ICR 820, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
Westwood v Secretary of State for Employment [1985] AC 20; [1984] 2 WLR 418; [1985] ICR 209; [1984] 1 All ER 874, HL(E)