IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case N o : 4105369/2022 Issued Following Open Preliminary Hearing Held at Edinburgh via the Cloud Based Video Platform on th December 2022 at 10.15 am Employment Judge J G d’lnverno (sitting alone) Mr G Mckinlay v Alex Morrison st Named and 1 other — 2022

This was an open preliminary hearing on whether the Employment Tribunal had title and jurisdiction to consider the claimant's unfair dismissal complaint against five named individuals. The claimant said the individuals had ruined his career at Royal Mail, causing loss of pension and other loss, but he did not seek reinstatement and instead said he wanted his pension back. The respondents did not appear.

The tribunal recorded that the claim was presented as an unfair dismissal complaint under section 98 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. It found that all five respondents were fellow employees, and that none had ever been the claimant's employer. The tribunal also noted that, in his written material and oral submissions, the claimant appeared to be seeking damages for personal injury and breach of contract as part of the same proceedings.

The tribunal held that an employment tribunal is a statutory court with only the jurisdiction given to it by Parliament, and that unfair dismissal complaints can only be directed against a former employer. It further held that the tribunal has no jurisdiction to consider freestanding claims for personal injury damages, and that any limited contractual jurisdiction is restricted to claims against a claimant's former employer after termination of employment. On the facts offered by the claimant, it therefore found that he lacked title to present the claim and that the tribunal lacked jurisdiction to consider it.

The claimant's claim number 4105369/2022 was dismissed for want of jurisdiction and described in the reasons as struck out under Rule 37(1)(a) as having no reasonable prospect of success.