Employee's appeal against finding that his dismissal was not unfair and that his expression of an intention to resign provided justification for his dismissal under s57(1)(b)Employment Protection(Consolidation)Act 1978. HELD: The appellant had told his employer that he intended to resign to take up a job in Australia & a few months later he was asked to confirm the date he wished to leave. He said that he no longer intended to emigrate. However his employer had already engaged & trained a replacement & was entitled to refuse to accept his change of mind.

 

Appeal dismissed.