David Hinchliffe, head
of sports at Walker Morris, which advised CPFC, says: «This is a major case and will clarify the circumstances in which a
company in administration may
dismiss staff without incurring a liability for unfair dismissal.
Many employees were
dismissed due to cut - backs or simply from
companies going bankrupt under the economic pressure but now that businesses are starting to recover, the task
of hiring new
staff is one that many try to avoid at all costs - the rigmarole
of sorting through a mountain
of resumes, conducting interviews and finding the right person for that newly developed post can eat into valuable
company time which could be spent more productively on more profitable projects.