Barratt v Gisda CYF [2008] All ER (D) 288 (Nov) (EAT)
The usual rule is that a letter of dismissal is only effective when the claimant reads it (unless he receives a sealed envelope containing the letter but deliberately does not open it, or the individual deliberately goes away in order to avoid receiving a letter). An individual is not to be treated as having received notice of termination of his contract by a letter addressed to him at home merely because he had a reasonable opportunity of discovering the contents of the letter.
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