Piper v Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: EAT 18 Dec 2012

EAT Unfair Dismissal : Dismissal or Ambiguous Resignation – Whether sanction short of dismissal on internal appeal expunged earlier dismissal. Employment Tribunal held: yes. On analysis, the contractual provision required the Claimant’s agreement to the lower sanction. Absent that agreement his dismissal stood – Roberts v West Coast Trains considered. Claimant’s appeal allowed.

Judges:

Peter Clarke J

Citations:

[2012] UKEAT 0359 – 12 – 1812

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

ConsideredRoberts v West Coast Trains Ltd CA 16-Jun-2004
The employee had been dismissed. He began a claim for unfair dismissal, but also appealed within his employers’ procedure, accepting a demotion. The tribunal then found that he had not been dismissed.
Held: There had been no dismissal. Had he . .
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Updated: 13 November 2022; Ref: scu.470187