''Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd v Lineham''

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Facts

On returning from the pub, an employee Mr Lineham used the toilet after hours at the depot where he worked. The employer publicly rebuked him, and gave him a final written warning. Lineham threw down his keys and drove off and phoned the company the day after, asked for his wages and told Mr Kattner, the boss, he was going to tribunal.

Judgment

Wood J held that the employer was not entitled to assume that the phone call was a resignation. He stated that the employer should accept a resignation within a reasonable time, but this was not that.

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References

* Employment Appeal Tribunal cases 1992 in United Kingdom case law

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