Legitimate Expectation to be Heard

A legitimate expectation to be heard may also form part of the general obligation toward procedural fairness, where there was an established practice of a hearing before an employment decision such as a dismissal, or where an undertaking was made.

The concept of �legitimate expectation’ is now well established both in the context of reasonableness and in the context of natural justice.^[309] According to Wade, �[t]he doctrine of legitimate expectation thus extends the procedural protection that would otherwise be applicable; it enhances but does not replace the duty to act fairly.’^[310]

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