Ms A Brown v J Law Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103932/2025 Held in Aberdeen on 1 June 2026 Employment Judge J Hendry Ms A Brown Claimant Represented by: D Burnside, Solicitor J Law Ltd Respondent Represented by: J Law , Director

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (One) The claim for unfair dismissal succeeds and in respect of which the respondent company shall pay the claimant a monetary award in the sum of Six Thousand One Hundred and Forty Seven Pounds and Fifty Eight pence (£6147.58) made up of a basic award amounting to £4021.88 and compensatory award amounting to £2125.70. (Two) The claim for wrongful dismissal/n...

REASONS

1. The claimant in her ET1 form sought a finding that she had been unfairly dismissed from her employment as a Fish Packer with the respondent company who are fish processors in Aberdeen. She also claimed for notice. The claims were opposed. The respondent company accepted that they had dismissed the claimant but contended that they had done so on the grounds of her gross misconduct. 4103932/20...

2. A hearing on the merits was arranged to take place in person at the Employment Tribunal Office in Aberdeen. Prior to the hearing the respondent company wrote indicating that they wanted to lodge witness statements and for witnesses to give evidence by video because of the likely impact on their production in them attending personally. The Tribunal wrote to them on the 12 March 2026 in the fo...