Adrian Stuart Greville Crabb & Ors v TUI Airways Ltd
Decision date: 17 September 2024
Neutral citation: [2024] EWHC 2589 (KB)
Court: High Court (King's Bench Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
Short overview
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Pilots employed by TUI challenged changes to their permanent health insurance (PHI) following a collective agreement with BALPA, alleging breach of contract and of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence. The court found that certain handbook provisions and the PB guide were incorporated into contracts, that PHI was payable to age 65, and that paragraph 5.1 prevented unilateral employer changes but did not prevent consensual variation by collective agreement; the introduction of PIP via collective bargaining did not breach the implied term. Judgment was entered for the Defendant.
Ratio decidendi
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The court held that paragraphs 2.1, 3.1, 4.6 and 5.1 of the HB and the PB guide were incorporated into pilots’ contracts; PHI entitlements were payable to age 65; paragraph 5.1 protected pilots from unilateral changes but did not preclude consensual variations agreed through collective bargaining, and the introduction of PIP by collective agreement did not constitute a breach of the implied term of trust and confidence.
Obiter dicta
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No clear obiter dicta can safely be identified from the judgment.
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