''Fitzpatrick v British Railways Board''

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case, concerning

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Facts

Ms Fitzpatrick concealed a period of employment when she was working for

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, but was dismissed after 9 days for bad references. An ''

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'' article had revealed, after she had been working for a few months with the

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, she had been a member of a Trotskyist group called

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. She was dismissed for ‘untruthfulness and lack of trust’. Ms Fitzpatrick claimed the dismissal was unlawful, as it was because of her trade union activity.

Judgment

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held that Ms Fitzpatrick was unlawfully dismissed under the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 section 58 (now

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section 152), and reversed the Tribunal. She was dismissed not for ‘deceit’ but because of her ‘previous trade union (and possibly her political) activities, which gave her a reputation for being a disruptive force; and that was the prime reason for her dismissal.’

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and

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concurred.

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References

* United Kingdom labour case law Court of Appeal (England and Wales) cases 1992 in British law 1992 in case law

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