JM Hamblin v London Borough of Ealing [1975] IRLR 354 IT

Unfair dismissal: Tribunals hold test of reasonableness is less onerous where dismissed employee is on trial

Date:

7 January 1976

A number of recent cases, such as Hamblin v London Borough of Ealing and Flude v The Post Office, indicate that Tribunals may allow management more latitude in the dismissal of a probationary employee on grounds of failing to meet the required standards than they would do in ordinary unfair dismissal cases.