- IN PERSON FOR THE v Respondent — 2025

Case reference: 6018120/2024
Decision date: 17 September 2025
Jurisdiction: England & Wales

Indexed: 21 May 2026

Parties

1 named

Claimant

- IN PERSON FOR THE

Respondent

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The claimant brought an unfair dismissal claim arising from employment said to run from 12 September 2022. The respondent said he was dismissed with immediate effect on 6 August 2024 and that he therefore lacked the two years' continuous service required for an unfair dismissal claim. The claimant accepted during the hearing that he was dismissed on 6 August 2024 and did not have two years' service, and the tribunal dismissed the unfair dismissal claim.

Claims and outcomes

2 findings recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Unfair dismissal	Dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because the claimant accepted he was dismissed on 6 August 2024 and did not have two years' continuous service; the tribunal found a contract of apprenticeship was not an exception to that rule.	Dismissed	—	—
Breach of contract	This was an application to amend to pursue wrongful dismissal / breach of contract based on an alleged oral fixed-term contract; permission to amend was refused and the tribunal did not determine the merits of any contractual notice-term dispute.	Dismissed	—	—

Legal tests applied

5 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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