| Cresswell v Board of Inland Revenue | |
| Court: | High Court |
| Citations: | [1984] ICR 508 |
| Keywords: | Employment contract |
Cresswell v Board of Inland Revenue [1984] ICR 508 is a UK labour law case concerning the contract of employment.
Mr Cresswell worked as a tax officer. He and others were required by the Inland Revenue to start using computerised record systems (COP 1) to calculate people's taxes and sending out letters. Some of them, including Cresswell, preferred the old method of paper files. The contracts specified the work merely in general terms. Cresswell wanted a declaration that the change was a breach of contract.
Walton J dismissed the claim, holding that the new changes could legitimately be introduced. He noted that the changes here were not that ‘esoteric’, and the workers had been given proper training.[1]