Judgment No. 807

• Organization: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• Date: 13.03.1987
• Original: French
• Judges: Ducoux, Pescatore, Grisel
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

1. THE DECISION OF 30 SEPTEMBER 1985 DISMISSING THE COMPLAINANT AND THAT OF 27 MAY 1986 CONFIRMING THE DISMISSAL ARE QUASHED.
2. THE GATT SHALL PAY HIM 6,000 SWISS FRANCS IN COSTS.
3. THE CASE IS SENT BACK TO THE GATT FOR A NEW DECISION.

Considerations 16-17

Extract:

"The sole and obvious purpose [of the impugned decisions] was to get rid of someone whose work was, in the administration's view, no longer satisfactory and whose presence was disrupting the section. The dismissal is therefore tainted with abuse of authority and the decisions challenged must be set aside."

Keywords

grounds; abolition of post; termination of employment; unsatisfactory service; conduct; working relations; misuse of authority; abuse of power