Principle

LABOUR LAW — Employment Contract — Ordinary Contract of Service — Remedy for Wrongful Termination

Area of law
LABOUR LAW
Court
Supreme Court

For ordinary contracts of service (master-servant relationship), the remedy for wrongful termination is damages, not a declaration of nullity. The court will not order reinstatement. The principle applies where employment is not governed by statute. The employee cannot seek a declaration that the dismissal is…

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