Decision date
12 May 2026
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Judge
Employment Judge W A Allen KC
Case Summary
The claimant, employed by Openreach Ltd as an Advanced Engineer from September 2007 to July 2023, claimed constructive unfair dismissal arising from alleged breaches of contract by his manager David Connelly between December 2022 and January 2023, including performance review meetings, disciplinary threats, and conduct during sick leave. The tribunal dismissed the claim on liability.
Why this outcome?
Claim not well-foundedThe judgment document does not contain an explicit statement of the tribunal's reasoning for dismissing the claim. The document text provided is incomplete and truncates before the final reasoning section that would explain why the tribunal rejected the constructive dismissal claim.
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See unfair dismissal compensation dataKey Issues
- •Whether manager's conduct on 22 December 2022 performance review amounted to breach of contract
- •Whether disciplinary threat regarding mobile phone during sick leave amounted to breach of contract
- •Whether 12 January 2023 performance review was negative and hostile
- •Whether change of commitment time from 6 to 20 minutes amounted to breach
- •Whether demand to work overtime without safety equipment amounted to breach
- •Whether manager's contact during sick leave despite complaints of bullying amounted to breach
- •Whether collective breaches entitled claimant to resign and claim constructive dismissal
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Case Details
Hearing venue
Decided at London East Employment Tribunal →- Case No.
- 3201591/2023
- Tribunal
- Employment Tribunal
- Level
- First instance
- Decision
- 12 May 2026
- Published
- 4 June 2026
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge W A Allen KC
- Industry
- telecommunications/digital network services
- Representation
- Litigant in person
Registered Company
- Company name
- OPENREACH LIMITED
- Company number
- 10690039
- Industry
- Technology & Telecoms
- Status
- active