JUDGMENT
DENNISON J.
The plaintiff claims damages for wrongful dismissal from his contract of employment; the terms of the contract are set out in an agreement. For the defendants, it is alleged that the dismissal was justified on the grounds of misconduct; the statement of defence did not contain any particulars regarding the details of the misconduct. Fuller and better particulars were not asked for by the plaintiff, this is due, no doubt, to the asked-for particulars being given to his solicitors in a letter.
From the evidence it appears that the misconduct for which the plaintiff was dismissed was his disobedience to the order to hand over work to Mr Jaffka. He was ordered to do so in two letters written by Dr Busby, a director of the defendant company. The firm has no managing director, but Dr Busby stated that at the various meetings of the company he was always elected as chairman of the directors; in any event I am satisfied that he was in a position to issue lawful orders on be…