William Hill Organization Ltd

Case Summary

Mr Allison claimed unfair dismissal (constructive), automatically unfair dismissal under whistleblowing provisions, detriment under section 47C ERA, and direct discrimination on grounds of marriage following his resignation from William Hill Organization Limited. The tribunal held a 7-day hearing and dismissed all four claims, finding the respondent had not breached his contract of employment in any repudiatory way and that the claimant had not made protected disclosures qualifying for protection.

The tribunal found the respondent did not breach the claimant's contract in any repudiatory manner. Regarding whistleblowing, the respondent investigated the claimant's complaints about the sale of food and took action by obtaining undertakings from the employees to stop; this was not unreasonable. The respondent did not need to interview the claimant during his wife's grievance investigation as he was neither identified as a perpetrator nor relevant witness. The tribunal accepted the respondent's evidence regarding the timing of garden leave arrangements and found no adverse inferences warranted.

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• •Whether claimant was constructively dismissed under section 95(1)(c) ERA 1996
• •Whether respondent breached contract regarding interaction with wife's bullying allegations
• •Whether respondent failed to take meaningful action on whistleblowing complaints about sale of food
• •Whether claims brought within time limit or constitute continuing act
• •Whether claimant made protected disclosure
• •Whether direct discrimination on grounds of marriage under Equality Act 2010

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107720/2024 5 Held in Edinburgh on the 25,26,27 and 28 November 2025 on 17, 18 and 19 February 2026 Employment Judge L Doherty 10 Mr Darrin Allison Claimant In Person 15 William Hill Organization Limited Respondent Represented by: Mr N MacDougall - Counsel 20 JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Judgment of the Employment Tribunal is that; 1. The claim of unfair dismissal under section 98 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the ERA) is dismissed; 25 2. The claim of automatically unfair dismissal under the ERA is dismissed; 3. The claim of detriment under section 47C of the ERA is dismissed; and 4. The claim of direct discrimination under section 13 of the Equality Act 2010 (the EQA) is dismissed. REASONS 30 1. The claimant presented a claim on 18 December 2024 for unfair dismissal; automatically unfair dismissal under section 104 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the ERA); detriment on the grounds of having made a protected disclosure under section 47C of the ERA; and discrimination under section 13 of the Equality Act 2010 (the EQA) on the grounds of marriage. 35 2. A final hearing took place over 7 days. The claimant appeared on his own behalf and the respondents were represented by Mr McDougal, counsel. 4107720/2024 Page 2 3. There was no agreement on the quantum of the claim and the with the consent of the parties, the hearing was split into merits and remedy. 4. The claimant gave evidence on his own behalf and his wife, Kayleigh Allison (KA), also gave evidence on his behalf. 5. For the respondents, evidence was given by: 5 a. Willaim Black (WB)- Area Manager b. Andrew Jamierson (AJ-) Area Manager, who dealt with KA grievance. c. Ruth Wislon (RW) - Cluster Operations Manager (COM) and the C…