“…Mulvenna v Royal Bank of Scotland [2004] C.P. Rep 8. The only case we know of in which this exception has ever been applied is Bold v Brough, Nicholson andHall [1964] 1 WLR 201: here, the claim for damages for wrongful dismissal included a claim for pension premiums in respect of a pension scheme that, as a matter of contract, could b…”
“…varack, “cutting off his nose to spite his face”. The only reported example of this is the well-known decision of Phillimore J in Bold v Brough, Nicholson & Co [1964] 1 WLR 201. In that wrongful dismissal case part of the plaintiff’s claim was for loss of the value of employer’s pension contributions. The defendant could have ceased t…”