Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 301 (Nov)
Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Judge:

Bean J, Professor S Corby and Dr B Fitzgerald

Representation Ayoade Elesinnla (instructed by J R Jones) for the employee.
  Ben Lynch (instructed by Bircham Dyson Bell LLP) for the employer.
Judgment Dates: 25 July 2008

Catchwords

Unfair dismissal - Determination whether dismissal fair or unfair - Dismissal for misconduct - Employee receiving written caution - Receipt of written caution constituting gross misconduct under employer's disciplinary code - Employer dismissing employee - Employee complaining to employment tribunal that dismissal unfair - Employee contending disparity of treatment with comparator cases - Tribunal ruling no disparity of treatment - Tribunal ruling dismissal not unfair - Employee appealing - Whether employee's treatment inconsistent with comparator cases - Whether dismissal unfair.

The Case

Unfair dismissal Determination whether dismissal fair or unfair. Employment Appeal Tribunal: Where an employee claimed that his dismissal constituted treatment which was inconsistent with comparator cases, but those cases were found not to be truly similar, his appeal was dismissed.

Practice Areas

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