Mr H Sahejpal v Elite Medical Staffing Limited — 2025

The Claimant was employed as CEO of Acton Banks Limited, a healthcare recruitment subsidiary of the Respondent, from January 2010 until his dismissal on 12 March 2025 following six months' notice. The Respondent initially denied liability but admitted unfair dismissal shortly before the hearing, which was then converted to a remedy hearing. The Tribunal heard evidence from the Claimant and from Mr Tom Purkis, a partner at Maven Capital Partners, the private equity investor in the ultimate parent company.

The Tribunal found that there was a 50% chance the Claimant would have been fairly dismissed for some other substantial reason (loss of trust and confidence) within six months had a fair procedure been followed. It applied no Polkey reduction to the first 26 weeks of loss but reduced the remaining 13 weeks by 50%. The Tribunal found that the Claimant did not cause or contribute to the dismissal by blameworthy conduct, so no reduction was made on that basis.

The Tribunal held that the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures applied and that the Respondent unreasonably failed to comply with it, taking no steps to do so. The compensatory award was therefore uplifted by 25% under s.207A TULRCA 1992. The statutory cap did not apply. The parties had agreed a basic award of £11,550, and the compensatory award was calculated at £100,113.07 net after grossing up for tax.