Depending on your point of view, the appeal in Cerberus Software Ltd. v. Rowley [2001] I.R.L.R. 160 involved either a “troublesome little point” or a “fundamental issue” of employment law (per Ward and Sedley L.JJ. respectively). Where an employment contract contains provision for a payment in lieu of notice, does a summary dismissal, not justified on grounds of gross misconduct, constitute a breach of the obligation to give notice or an election to make the payment in lieu?