EAT Jurisdiction in unfair dismissal. Claimant was employed by the respondents, a Singapore company, as a storeman working in the offshore industry. He worked on an oil rig registered in Singapore operated by a company registered in the UK when it was in the Gulf of Mexico and, latterly, when it was off the coast of Nigeria. He was dismissed and sought to pursue a claim of unfair dismissal before the Employment Tribunal in Aberdeen. Tribunal found that it had jurisdiction on the basis that there was a substantial connection between Great Britain and the employee/his employment. On appeal, the EAT found that the Tribunal had applied the wrong test, under reference to Lawson v Serco Ltd [2006] ICR 250. It had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction. Claim dismissed.
Citations:
[2009] UKEAT 0049 – 08 – 2104
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England and Wales
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Updated: 12 July 2022; Ref: scu.347174