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Elias P in the EAT said there was no evidence for an absence of such a belief and held that Royal Mail’s genuine, albeit mistaken, belief about the legal implications meant it was no longer subject or in breach of regulation 13(2)(b). CWU argued that r 13(2)(b) contained no reference to the
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