“…necessary to examine the origins and development of the three-stage test for severance. It is sufficient that in Beckett Investment Management Group Ltd v Hall [2007] EWCA Civ 613, [2007] ICR 1539 at [40] Maurice Kay LJ (with whom Sir Anthony Clark MR and Carnwath LJ agreed) approved the test in the following terms:…”
“…uthnot Fund Managers v. Rawlings [2003] EWCA Civ 518, per Chadwick LJ at paragraph 21). He also, however, relied on Beckett Investment Management Group v. Hall [2007] EWCA Civ 613 where the…”