Decision date
20 April 2026
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Judge
Employment Judge Wilkinson
Case Summary
The claimant brought claims for unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, and disability discrimination against Turkish Airlines. The tribunal struck out the unfair dismissal claim and whistleblowing and disability discrimination allegations occurring outside the period 1 July 2018 to 1 July 2023 (when the claimant was not working in the United Kingdom) on jurisdictional grounds, while permitting the remaining claims to proceed.
Why this outcome?
Jurisdictional barThe tribunal lacked territorial jurisdiction over the unfair dismissal claim and over allegations of whistleblowing and disability discrimination that occurred when the claimant was not working in the United Kingdom (outside the period 1 July 2018 to 1 July 2023).
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Key Issues
- •territorial jurisdiction of the employment tribunal
- •claims arising outside the United Kingdom
- •temporal scope of UK employment tribunal jurisdiction
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Case Details
- Case No.
- 6023253/2024
- Tribunal
- Employment Tribunal
- Level
- First instance
- Decision
- 20 April 2026
- Published
- 22 June 2026
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Wilkinson
- Representation
- Litigant in person