KAUKUL v. ANGLO-SOVIET SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD.

(1931) 41 Ll L Rep 90

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Hawke and a Common Jury.

Master and servant - Wrongful dismissal - Claim for damages - Allegation by plaintiff that he was dismissed because he refused to go to Russia - Whether summary dismissal justified - Duty of plaintiff under his contract of employment - Defendants' contention that plaintiff left of his own accord - Findings of jury: that plaintiff was dismissed by defendants; that he did not refuse to go to Russia on defendants' business; that he did refuse to go to Russia to satisfy a non-commercial purpose [i.e., outside his contract of employment]; and that he was entitled to damages for wrongful dismissal (twelve months' salary in lieu of notice).