“…Lord Steyn’s judgment in Malik v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (in compulsory liquidation) [1998] AC 20 recognised the implied term of mutual trust and confidence, which is implied into every contract of employment. At p.45 Lord Steyn said that an employer shall …”
“…seriously damage the relationship of confidence and trust between employer and employee: see, for example, Malik v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA [1998] AC 20, 34H-35D (Lord Nicholls) and 45C-46E (Lord Steyn). I shall refer to this as ‘the implied term of trust and confidence’.…”