Frustration-the legal concept, not the board game!

by Philip

 When an employee has been off sick a long time and does not look likely to return quickly, it is always tempting for an employer to run the frustration of contract argument. This case is a reminder that courts will not find a contract is frustrated readily. Of course going down the frustration route opens up the possibility that the employee will have been unfairly dismissed through not following the dismissal procedure. Read it here.

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