Mr E Spooner v Calvert Trust: 1400702/2019

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Case No 1400702/2019Venue the previous hearingHearing 4 December 2019, the claimant is awarded compensation for injury to feelings in the sum of £17,500. 2. He is also awarded interest on that sum at the rate 8% over the period since his dismissal of 418 days, amounting to £1603.29 3. The total amount awarded is therefore £19,103.29 4. The claimant has mitigated his loss and no separate financial compensation is awarded. _____________________________________
Between
Mr E SpoonerClaimantCalvert TrustRespondent
Before
Employment Judge LiveseyIn person for claimantDate 11 March 2019

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 at least two years’ service in order to make an unfair dismissal complaint.[3]The Claimant was employed by the Respondent for less than two years and he is therefore not entitled to bring such a complaint.[4]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. Accordingly, the complaint of unfair dismissal is struck out.[5]The claimant’s other complaints are not affected by this judgment. Employment Judge Livesey Date: 11 March 2019[1]As held at the previous hearing on 4 December 2019, the claimant is awarded compensation for injury to feelings in the sum of £17,500.[2]He is also awarded interest on that sum at the rate 8% over the period since his dismissal of 418 days, amounting to £1603.29 The total amount awarded is therefore £19,103.29[4]The claimant has mitigated his loss and no separate financial compensation is awarded.