Oasis Community Learning v Wolff [2013] UKEAT 0364_12_1705

Posted In: Case Law
  • Case Reference
    UKEAT 0364_12_1705
  • Legal Body
    Employment Appeal Tribunal (UKEAT)
  • Type of Claim / Jurisdiction
    Dismissal
Issues covered: Reinstatement/re-engagement

The claimant in this case was a teacher working for an institution responsible for schools in different parts of the country. The claimant was undergoing disciplinary investigations into his confrontational style with some pupils and he was eventually dismissed. Before his dismissal, the claimant made 12 some serious allegations about the organisation and the HR department.

The tribunal held that those allegations were not such as to render it impracticable for him to be re-engaged at a different school in a different part of the country. Therefore, the tribunal awarded re-engagement at another school.

The EAT stressed the case should not be seen in any way as a precedent: "No general

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This article is correct at 24/05/2013
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