Cresswell v Board of Inland Revenue
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Cresswell v Board of Inland Revenue [1984] ICR 508 is a UK labour law case concerning the contract of employment.
to start using computerised record systems (COP 1) to calculate people’s taxes and sending out letters. Some of them, including Cresswell, preferred the old method of paper files. The contracts specified the work merely in general terms. Cresswell wanted a declaration that the change was a breach of contract.
Facts
Mr Cresswell worked as a tax officer. He and others were required by the Inland RevenueInland Revenue
The Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax, petroleum revenue tax and stamp duty...
to start using computerised record systems (COP 1) to calculate people’s taxes and sending out letters. Some of them, including Cresswell, preferred the old method of paper files. The contracts specified the work merely in general terms. Cresswell wanted a declaration that the change was a breach of contract.
Judgment
Walton J dismissed the claim, holding that the new changes could legitimately be introduced. He noted that the changes here were not that ‘esoteric’, and the workers had been given proper training.See also
- UK labour law
- Employment contract in English lawEmployment contract in English lawAn employment contract in English law is a specific kind of contract whereby one person performs work under the direction of another. The two main features of a contract is that work is exchanged for a wage, and that one party stands in a relationship of relative dependence, or inequality of...
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