Boyo v London Borough of Lambeth

Boyo v London Borough of Lambeth [1994] ICR 727 is a UK labour law case, concerning wrongful dismissal.

Mr Boyo was an accountant for Lambeth London Borough Council until suspended and dismissed as the police charged him with fraud.

Mr Boyo claimed damages for salary loss up to trial date, when he accepted the repudiatory breach of contract.

The Court of Appeal held that while the employer did not unilaterally terminate the contract, the employer was liable to pay compensation up to the time when it could lawfully unilaterally terminate.

Ralph Gibson LJ said he was bound to follow Gunton in that an employer's repudiatory breach would only terminate the contract when accepted by the employee, but preferred a partial survival theory.