In the recent case of Elmore v Darland High School, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a Tribunal's determination that a dismissal was fair, despite the fact that the appeal panel did not give any reasons for dismissing the Claimant's appeal and none of the appeal panel gave evidence before the Tribunal. The Tribunal held that, in the absence of such evidence or express reasoning, it was entitled to infer that the appeal panel had upheld the capability dismissal for the same reason as the original capability panel. A somewhat surprising decision, particularly given that the Claimant, a maths teacher, had been employed by Darland High School for over a decade.
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