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Looking back – limited appeal investigation not unfair

It was not unfair for an employer to place limits on a disciplinary appeal investigation where the employee's representative had agreed to this, according to the EAT in Olalekan v Serco Ltd.

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What's in a name? Tribunal not bound by employer's label for dismissal

In Nwaki v Tube Lines Ltd the EAT confirmed that a tribunal was entitled to find that the reason for an employee's dismissal was illegality, not SOSR as the employer contended.
 
 
 

Time served – failure to take length of service into account made dismissal unfair

The EAT decision in Aquatronic Group Management Ltd v Mace is a reminder of the importance of taking length of service into account in deciding whether dismissal is within the range of reasonable responses.

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