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Six year time limit for breach of contract claims does not apply in Employment Tribunal

An employment tribunal has decided in the case of Grisanti v NBC News Worldwide Inc ET/2200964/15 that the six year time limit for breach of contract claims does not apply in the Tribunal, meaning that potentially claims could be brought over a longer period.
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This decision is only an Employment Tribunal decision and other Tribunals are not therefore necessarily obliged to follow it, but it does raise an interesting issue about how far back employees can go with breach of contract claims. The position is unlikely to be further clarified until we have a decision from the EAT or above.

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