1. General
This course will be taught in Semester II of Year III of the LL.B. degree
programme. Students applying for participation in this course are expected to
have at least a rudimentary knowledge of LA30B - Employment Law.
Application for entry to this course should be made in writing to the Course
Director by the last teaching week of the first semester.

2. Course Objective
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This course is designed to explore the law and practice governing the
termination of private individual employment at the initiative of the employer in
the Commonwealth Caribbean. In particular, it examines the historical evolution
of the law governing dismissals and analyses the impact of international
convention, statute and judicial activism on the common law. The course is
targeted towards those lawyers who have a special interest in Employment Law
but might also prove useful to non-lawyers such as Human Resource Officers,
managers, employers and employees from throughout the region.
3. Course Content
This course will deal with the following topics:

questions out of a total of six questions.

i. Termination of Employment
ii. The Nature of Dismissal
iii. Wrongful Dismissal
iv. Unfair and Other Statutory Dismissals
v. Redundancy
vi. The Future of Employment

4. Method of Teaching
The course will be taught by way of two seminars of two hours each per week.

5. Method of Assessment
This course will be assessed by way of a term paper which will account for 33
1/3%) of the final mark and a written two hour examination (66 2/3%) at the end
of the semester in which it is taught.