Ms R Stewart v Argyll College UHI Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102779/2023 5 Held in Glasgow on 26, 27, 28 and 29 September 2023 Employment Judge S MacLean Ms Rebecca Stewart Claimant 10 In Person Argyll College UHI Ltd Respondent Represented by: Mr J Mitchell - 15 Solicitor

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The judgment of the Employment Tribunal is that the claimant’s unfair dismissal application is dismissed.

REASONS 20 Introduction

1. The claimant resigned on 7 December 2022, giving two months’ notice of termination. She maintains that she resigned in response to the respondent’s course of conduct, which taken together amounts to a breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence. The claimant asserts that the breach 25 was sufficiently serious to constitute a repudiatory breach where, by her resignation she acce...

3. At the final hearing, the claimant represented herself and gave evidence on her own account. Her mother, Lorna Knox and Rhianna Duff, a former colleague, gave evidence on the claimant’s behalf. For the respondent, the 10 Tribunal heard evidence from Alana Mathers, modern apprentice support office, Karen Stoddard, accounts officer, Martin Jones, principal and chief executive, Alisa Close, fin...