Mr C Smith v East Lothian Council

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) 5 Case No: 4107277/2023 Held in Edinburgh on 16-18 April & 8 May 2024 Employment Judge Sangster 10 Mr C Smith Claimant Represented by Mr D Stevenson CAB Representative 15 East Lothian Council Respondent Represented by Ms K Sutherland Solicitor 20

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Judgment of the Employment Tribunal is that: 25  the claimant’s complaint of unfair dismissal does not succeed and is dismissed; and  the claimant’s complaints for wrongful dismissal and failure to pay a statutory redundancy payment are dismissed following withdrawal. 30

REASONS Introduction

1. The claimant presented a complaints of unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal 35 and failure to pay a statutory redundancy payment. The complaint of wrongful

E.T. Z4 (WR) 4107277/2023 Page 2 dismissal was withdrawn at the commencement of the final hearing. The complaint for failure to pay a redundancy payment was withdrawn during submissions. 5 2. The respondent admitted that the claimant had been dismissed, but stated that the reason for dismissal was some other substantial reason, a potentially fair reasons for dismissal, which arose as a result o...