16 October 2008
O’Dowd v Adey-Jones [2008] All ER (D) 68 (Oct)
A claim that an employee has contracted an illness as a result of the actions of his employer can lead to the recovery of compensation in an unfair dismissal claim providing the illness has been caused by an unfair dismissal. Future losses should not be determined on an all-or-nothing causation approach but by assessing the percentage likelihood that the underlying condition might have prevented the claimant from working in any event.
