Mr S Field v Pertemps Limited — 2022

Case reference: 1301724/2022
Decision date: 19 May 2022
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Broughton Date

Indexed: 21 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Mr S Field

Respondent

Pertemps Limited

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The tribunal dealt only with the claimant's unfair dismissal complaint in this judgment. It held that the claimant had been employed by Pertemps for less than two years, and therefore did not meet the statutory threshold required to bring an unfair dismissal claim under section 108 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

The claimant was given the opportunity to explain why the complaint should not be struck out, but the tribunal found that he had not given an acceptable reason. On that basis, the complaint of unfair dismissal was struck out.

The judgment states that the claimant's other complaints were not affected by this decision.

Claims and outcomes

1 finding recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Unfair dismissal	The tribunal struck out the unfair dismissal complaint because the claimant had been employed for less than two years, so section 108 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 meant he was not entitled to bring the claim. He was given an opportunity to explain why the complaint should not be struck out, but did not provide an acceptable reason.	Struck out	—	—

Legal tests applied

1 reference

Official outcome judgment PDF

Gov.uk primary record

The official judgment PDF on gov.uk contains the tribunal's outcome, reasoning, and any remedy details. Where this page does not yet show extracted outcomes for every claim, use the PDF as the authoritative source.

Published on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

How we got this data

Case essentials (reference, date, judge, venue, country, claim categories) are extracted from the structured metadata gov.uk publishes alongside each decision. Parties and monetary figures are extracted from the judgment PDF text. Key findings and per-claim outcomes require a second extraction pass that is not yet complete for this case — until then, the primary source linked above is the authoritative record. See full methodology.

Named in this case and want it removed? Submit a takedown request. The page will be withdrawn on receipt and the editor will follow up within five working days.