The State (Irish Pharmaceutical Union) v Employment Appeals Tribunal

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Supreme Court
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1987
• Date: 01 January 1987

(S.C.)

The State (Irish Pharmaceutical Union)

and

Employment Appeals Tribunal

Tribunal - Evidence - Determination of remedy by tribunal not argued by parties to hearing - Whether in breach of natural justice - Whether in breach of fair procedures.

Following an unfair dismissal hearing, the respondent Tribunal found that the employee had been unfairly dismissed and that the most appropriate remedy, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, was that the employee be re-engaged. The entire of the hearings had been confined to the circumstances of the dismissal and the financial loss arising therefrom. Neither employee nor employer, both of whom had been...