N Rimell v Quilter Financial Planning: 1400438/2022

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Case No 1400438/2022
NIGEL RIMELLClaimantQUILTER FINANCIAL PLANNINGRespondent
Employment Judge DawsonRepresenting himself for claimantMs Tharoo (instructed by counsel) for respondentIn person for claimantDate 6 February 2024

JUDGMENT

The complaint that the claimant was unfairly dismissed is struck out.

REASONS

[2]Section 108 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 requires a claimant to have not less than two years service to make an unfair dismissal complaint.[3]The claimant was employed by the respondent for less than two years.[4]Therefore the claimant is not entitled to bring such a complaint.[5]The claimant has failed to give an acceptable reason, despite being given the opportunity to do so, why the complaint should not be struck out.[6]Accordingly, the complaint of unfair dismissal is struck out. The claimant’s other complaints are not affected by this judgment. Employment Judge Dawson Date: 19 October 2022[1]The claimant’s conditions of whiplash and depression were disabilities within the meaning of section 6 and Schedule 1 of the EqA 2010.[2]The claims of disability discrimination are not well founded and are dismissed.