L Johnston v Aim Group (Holdings) Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) 5 Case No: 4107195/2023 Held in Edinburgh on 12 March 2024 Employment Judge M Sutherland 10 Liam Johnston Claimant In person Aim Group (Holdings) Limited Respondent 20 No response and no appearance

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The judgment of the Tribunal is that the complaints of whistleblowing detriment 30 do not succeed and are therefore dismissed.

REASONS Introduction 35 1. The Claimant appeared on his own behalf. The Claimant’s prior complaint of automatically unfair dismissal had been withdrawn because he had accepted he was not an employee of the Respondent and worked for them via an agency.

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2. The Respondent’s attempt to lodge their response late had previously been refused because it had not been accompanied by an application to extend the time for lodging. Although it had previously been explained at Case Management, the Claimant continued to believe that because the 5 claim was undefended he was entitled to a default judgment. It was explained that there remained a burden of pr...