Femi Awodele, instructed privately by Wilkin Chapman Solicitors, represented a consultant medical doctor and successfully secured a judgement for Unfair Dismissal. The case involved complex issues of Protected Disclosures (Whistleblowing) and Detriments.
In a case that lasted three weeks with 10 witnesses, Femi successfully argued that the Claimant had been dismissed unfairly, without a fair process as the Claimant’s alleged “refusal to work” should have been dealt with in formal disciplinary proceedings.
In further submissions to the the Tribunal, Femi stated that the Claimant’s alleged breach of contract investigation should have been conducted under the requisite MHPS (Maintaining High Professional Standards) Policy. Femi submitted that the Claimant’s dismissal was outside the bounds of reasonable responses, and that the Respondent did not have any reasonable grounds to dismiss the Claimant as there were alternatives to dismissal. He further submitted that the internal Appeal’s process was flawed as it was a rubber stamp of the original decision to dismiss the Claimant.
The Justices agreed that the Claimant was unfairly dismissed and that the claim for unfair dismissal had been well founded.