Mutual trust and confidence

• Author:
• Collyer-Bristow

A definitive statement of the obligation of trust and confidence was given
in the case of Malik & Anor -v- Bank of Credit and Commerce International
SA [1998]. The House of Lords held that an employer will breach the term
if it "without reasonable or proper cause conducts itself in a manner
calculated or likely to destroy or seriously damage the relationship of
trust and confidence between employer and employee".

Below are some specific examples of breach.

Disciplinary matters

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