Decision date
19 February 2026
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judge
Employment Judge J M Hendry
Case Summary
The claim for unfair dismissal not being well founded is dismissed.
Why this outcome?
Claim not well-foundedThe tribunal heard the claim on its merits and found that the claimant had not established that the dismissal was unfair.
Claim Types
Related claim guides
Use these claim-type pages to compare this decision with other published tribunal cases, outcome patterns, and visible award data.
See unfair dismissal compensation dataKey Issues
- •The claimant in his ET1 seeks a finding that he was unfairly dismissed from his position as a Carding Operative with the respondents. The respondent's position was that the claimant was fairly dismissed on the grounds of capability (a potentially fair ground for dismissal), because the claimant, because of health difficulties could no longer work night shift and no other role could be found for him.
Original published judgment
The full source document is available from the official publication page.
Something doesn't look right?
Report a wrong claim type, outcome, summary, or award.
Case Details
Hearing venue
Decided at Aberdeen Employment Tribunal →- Case No.
- 4107417/2024
- Tribunal
- Employment Tribunal
- Level
- First instance
- Decision
- 19 February 2026
- Published
- 31 March 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Scotland
- Judge
- Employment Judge J M Hendry
Registered Company
- Company name
- JAMES JOHNSTON & CO. OF ELGIN LIMITED
- Company number
- SC022553
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Status
- active