Redundancy; fairness; laid down the 'Compair Maxam' guidelines: warning, consultation, criteria, alternative work. [Summary not yet checked against the judgment.]
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Unfair dismissal; compensation; if a dismissal is procedurally unfair but the employee would have been dismissed anyway, compensation is reduced. [Summary not yet checked against the judgment.]
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Redundancy; the three-stage test: (1) was the employee dismissed? (2) had the requirements of the business for employees to carry out work of a particular kind ceased or diminished? (3) was the dismissal caused by that state of affairs? [Summary not yet checked against the judgment.]
Redundancy; the classic definition: a redundancy situation exists if the requirements of the business for employees to carry out work of a particular kind have ceased or diminished. [Summary not yet checked against the judgment.]
Unfair dismissal; redundancy; competitive selection for a new post in a reorganised structure, where an employer may legitimately use subjective as well as objective criteria. Cited in London Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Garrett [2026] EAT 77 at [87] for the practice that a tribunal's written reasons in a majority decision should set out the reasoning of the minority. [Summary not yet checked against the judgment.]
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Redundancy; consultation; 'efficiency' requires consultation at a formative stage. [Summary not yet checked against the judgment.]
Redundancy; consultation; consultation must be meaningful; using a 'pre-determined' matrix without input is unfair. [Summary not yet checked against the judgment.]
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