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DISMISSAL CASE SHARES BLAME

A driver hauling an ‘unroadworthy’ trailer, and falsifying his logbook, who was dismissed by his employer not for misconduct but for refusing to deliver another load while in breach of fatigue laws, has won an unfair dismissal case at

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