Thread by @JasonBraier

1/ Thompson v Informatica Software: A case about breach of an anti-corruption policy which carries some very useful snippets about the appropriate method of construction of policies in the context of breach in an unfair dismissal claim.

bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT…

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2/ The 1st ground of appeal concerned how to interpret a policy. The EAT endorsed a submission that it shouldn't be looked at as a contract or statute but the ET should ask itself whether a reasonable employer could have adopted the construction the employer adopted.

3/ The EAT stressed that it's also important for ETs to recognise that policies are being operated by lay people and not by lawyers.

4/ The judgment also contains a useful passage on the meaning of 'wilful disregard', distinguishing it from deliberate breach, & extending it to situations where someone who should know they ought to take advice about the possibility of breach chooses not to do so.