Scottish Ambulance Service Board

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103034/2023 5 Held in Glasgow on 22 and 23 January 2024; and via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) [for submissions] on 24 January 2024 Deliberations: 25 and 31 January 2024 10 Employment Judge D Hoey Members: Ms D McDougall and Mr J McCaig Mr C Gallacher Claimant Represented by: Mr K Gibson - 15 Counsel [Instructed by Messrs Allan McDougall] Scottish Ambulance Service Board Respondent 20 Represented by: Mr D James - Counsel [Instructed by CLO] 25 JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL 1. The unanimous Judgment of the Employment Tribunal is that the claimant was not unfairly dismissed and the claim is dismissed. 2. The remaining complaint (of detriment by reason of participation in relevant trade union activities pursuant to section 146 of the Trade Union and Labour 30 Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992) is dismissed having been withdrawn. REASONS 1. The claimant raised a claim for unfair dismissal and trade union detriment on 24 May 2023. The claims were disputed and by the outset of the hearing, the claim had been focussed to that of unfair dismissal only, the argument being 35 the dismissal fell outwith the range of reasonable responses. The claim was considered by a full panel. 4103034/2023 Page 2 Case management 2. The parties had been asked to finalise a list of issues and statement of agreed facts which developed during the course of the hearing and was finalised. 3. The parties had worked together to focus the issues in t...