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Reduction of dismissed employee’s damages by subsequent earnings

In a claim for wrongful dismissal, where the contract of employment provided that the employer may make a payment in lieu of notice, the correct damages were the amount the employee would have earned had employment continued, allowing credit for any earnings in new employment during that period.

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