Repudiatory breach: delay in discovery | Practical Law

Repudiatory breach: delay in discovery | Practical Law

The High Court has held that a repudiatory breach of contract consisting of forwarding pornographic images from a work email account could be relied on over five years after the breach occurred to summarily dismiss a senior employee.

Repudiatory breach: delay in discovery

Practical Law UK Articles 6-605-5031 (Approx. 3 pages)

Repudiatory breach: delay in discovery

by Squire Patton Boggs and Practical Law Employment
Published on 26 Mar 2015United Kingdom
The High Court has held that a repudiatory breach of contract consisting of forwarding pornographic images from a work email account could be relied on over five years after the breach occurred to summarily dismiss a senior employee.
For full coverage of this case, see Practical Law Employment, Legal update, Sending pornographic email was repudiatory breach despite delay in discovery.