Breach of trust and confidence can take the form of a failure to do something (Nair v Lagardère Sports And Entertainment UK)

Table of contents

• What are the practical implications of this judgment?
• What is the relevant background?
• Background law
• Background facts
• What did the High Court decide?
• Case details

Article summary

Employment analysis: The implied term of trust and confidence requires employers and employees not to conduct themselves, without reasonable and proper cause, in a manner calculated or likely to destroy or seriously damage the relationship of confidence and trust between employer and employee. In this context, conduct can take the form of a failure to do something as well as the form of positively doing something, according to a Master of the High Court.