The Spectre of Addis in Contracts of Employment in Canada and the UK

This article examines the legacy of the 1909 House of Lords decision in Addis in both Canada and the UK by closely analysing a key case from each jurisdiction: Wallace v United Grain Growers and Johnson v Unisys. It underlines the continuing strong tendency to treat wrongful dismissal solely as breach of the notice term and considers the remedial consequences of that stance.