Litigation Letter
Fixing the date of an employee’s dismissal
Gisda Cyf v Barratt [2010] UKSC 41 13 October; TLR 19 October; SJ 19 October
Where summary dismissal for gross misconduct was communicated to an employee in a letter, the contract of employment did not
terminate until the employee had actually read the letter or had had a reasonable opportunity of reading it.