Mr G Shields v Falcon Tower Crane Services Ltd

5 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)   Case number: 8000107/2025 Final Hearing held in Edinburgh 10 on 14, 15 and 16 April 2025 Employment Judge A Jones Mr G Shields Claimant 15 Represented by Ms Christie, solicitor Falcon Tower Crane Services Ltd Respondent 20 Represented by Mr Briggs, counsel Instructed by Ashtons Legal LLP

25 JUDGMENT The claimant was unfairly dismissed, and the respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant a basic award of £18.550 and a compensatory award of £10,665.68 net, being notice pay of £10,165.68 and £500 in respect of loss of statutory rights. The 30 compensatory award is subject to recoupment. The prescribed element is £10,165.68 and the prescribed period is between 24 August 2024 and 1...

REASONS 35 Introduction

1. The claimant worked as a crane operator for the respondent which supplied cranes to clients throughout the UK and beyond. The claimant lodged a claim 8000107/2025 Page 2 on 14 January 2025 claiming that he had been unfairly dismissed. The respondent’s position was that the claimant’s dismissal was by reason of misconduct and that a fair procedure had been followed. A joint bundle of document...

2. There was no dispute that the claimant had been dismissed by reason of 15 conduct and therefore the Tribunal was required to determine whether the dismissal was fair or unfair in terms of section 98(4) Employment Rights Act