title: Bowater v Northwest London Hospitals NHS Trust
text: # Bowater v Northwest London Hospitals NHS Trust
  
  Bowater v Northwest London Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 63 is a UK labour law case, concerning unfair dismissal.
  
  ## Facts
  
  An employer argued a nurse who, while physically restraining a naked patient, said “It's been a few months since I have been in this position with a man underneath me” was lewd and deserved dismissal for her misconduct. The Tribunal said the dismissal was unfair.
  
  ## Judgment
  
  The Court of Appeal held the Tribunal had competently exercised its discretion in granting the unfair dismissal claim.
  
  