Redmond on Dismissal Law

Dr. Desmond Ryan LL.B., B.C.L., M.A. (Oxon.), Ph.D., Barrister-at-Law (King’s Inns) is a Lecturer in Law at Trinity College Dublin and a practising Barrister specialising in Employment Law. He lectures in Tort Law, Employment Law (LL.B.) and Employment Litigation (LL.M.). and his research interests are primarily in the areas of Employment Law and Tort Law. Having graduated with First Class Honours and a Gold Medal in Law from Trinity College Dublin (LL.B.), he pursued graduate studies in Law at the University of Oxford, where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), graduating with Distinction, and the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.). He received an Ussher scholarship at Trinity College Dublin to pursue his Ph.D. thesis, completed in 2009 and for which he was awarded his Doctorate. He also studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, and at the Honorable Society of King’s Inns, Dublin. He was previously a Visiting Professor at the University of San Francisco (USF) School of Law. Desmond Ryan has published work in a number of international peer-reviewed journals, including The Cambridge Law Journal, The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, and the Dublin University Law Journal. He is co-author of Employment Law in Ireland (2009) and co-editor of the Dublin University Law Journal and has contributed book chapters to a number of books. He also contributes regularly to the Quarterly Review of Tort Law and is the Employment Law Correspondent for the Thomson Round Hall Annual Review of Irish Law. Dr. Ryan was awarded the Provost’s Teaching Award in 2011.

Chapter 1 Historical Development of the Law’s Protection against Wrongful Termination of Employment
Chapter 2 Wrongful Dismissal
Chapter 3 Identifying the Nature of Employment
Chapter 4 Termination with or without Notice
Chapter 5 Wrongful Dismissal: Limitations in the Contract
Chapter 6 Effect of Breach on Concept of Termination
Chapter 7 Constitutional Justice
Chapter 8 The Constitution and Dismissal
Chapter 9 Remedies: Judicial Review
Chapter 10 Specific Performance, Injunctions and Declarations
Chapter 11 Damages arising from Wrongful Dismissal
Chapter 12 Statutory Unfair Dismissal
Chapter 13 Reasonableness and the Employer’s Role under the Unfair Dismissals Act
Chapter 14 Involvement in Proceedings; Age; Pregnancy and Maternity and Paternity
Chapter 15 Capability, Competence or Qualifications, Contravention of Statute
Chapter 16 Conduct
Chapter 17 Redundancy
Chapter 18 Other Substantial Grounds
Chapter 19 Constructive Dismissal
Chapter 20 Protected Disclosures
Chapter 21 Collective Aspects of Unfair Dismissal
Chapter 22 Fact and Date of Dismissal
Chapter 23 Express Qualifications and Exclusions
Chapter 24 Remedies for Unfair Dismissal
Chapter 25 Procedural Aspects of Unfair Dismissal