A Review of the Law on Termination of Employment in Master and Servant Relationship in Nigeria

Abstract

The law on master and servant relationship (otherwise known as employer and  employee relationship) is very clear because the contract of employment and  statute determine it2. The law is based on the principles of contract of service  where the master or employer controls the nature of services that the servant or  employee renders3. Presently in Nigeria, this law is the law that regulates the  contract of employment as employment under this law creates the master and  servant relationship (or employer and employee relationship)4. Over the years, the  courts, have stated and restated the laws over many times5. For the avoidance of  doubt, the writer shall restate the law briefly in this article6. The writer shall also  state the steps that can be taken to get contentious matters (such as the claim of  wrongful termination of employment by a worker) struck out preliminarily (by the  court) without having to go through the complications of lengthy legal  proceedings. The problem that this article will consider concerns the manner by  which the cases on termination of employment are handled by the courts and also  how lawyers present them to the court.