i-law

Liability Risk and Insurance

Date of termination was date of fax

When an employee communicated by fax his immediate acceptance of his employer’s repudiation of his contract of employment, the effective date of termination of employment was the date the employee’s fax was received, and not any later date when it was read or acted on.

The rest of this document is only available to i-law.com online subscribers.

If you are already a subscriber, click Log In button.

Copyright © 2026 Maritime Insights & Intelligence Limited. Maritime Insights & Intelligence Limited is registered in England and Wales with company number 13831625 and address 5th Floor, 10 St Bride Street, London, EC4A 4AD, United Kingdom. Lloyd's List Intelligence is a trading name of Maritime Insights & Intelligence Limited.

Lloyd's is the registered trademark of the Society Incorporated by the Lloyd's Act 1871 by the name of Lloyd's.