Hyett v Stock Bounty Limited t/a Country Fare [2020]

The claimant was employed by the respondent as a preparation manager from May 2015 until his dismissal on 23^rd February 2018.   This case arose out of concerns relating to the milk that was in the staff room for making tea and coffee.  A system developed whereby the employees would email to state that there was no milk therefore stating that it should be replenished. On 3^rd February 2018 the claimant emailed stating that there was no milk.  However, one of the other employees found this odd as there was 2 x 2 litres of semi-skimmed milk and 2 x 1 litre of skimmed milk when he had left earlier that day.   As a result of this the owner of the company examined the