Three friends got together to form a business. They were all directors and equal shareholders. The business was very successful and grew quickly. There was a difference of opinion in the way in which the company should continue to operate. After a heated Board Meeting, the Managing Director resigned and claimed constructive dismissal. We acted for the company. The claim was worth over £400,000. After a 7-day tribunal hearing the claim was rejected by the tribunal.
We acted for an elderly couple who had to dismiss their housekeeper/gardener who lived in a cottage on the estate. The former employee was determined to extract as much publicity as possible. The press were at the tribunal and the case was reported. The claim was defeated at tribunal.
We acted for a client who took over a contract with a Local Authority from another company. The contract had previously been run by a different company. The outgoing contractor believed that our client should take over his employees because the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations applied; we argued that, because the contract our client was performing was markedly different from the previous contract, the Regulations did not apply and that liability for the employees' redundancy costs rested with the outgoing contractor. Following a multi-day hearing involving six parties, the Employment Tribunal decided in favour of our clients.