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Dismissal may be connected with transfer even if transferee not yet known (News, 3 January 2012)

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Published on: 03 January 2012
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A dismissal may be unfair on the grounds that it was for 'a reason connected with the transfer' even if the particular transfer to the particular transferee which later took place was not arranged or even contemplated at the date of dismissal, according to the Court of Appeal in Spaceright Europe v Baillavoine.

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