Representation:

an employment tribunal must not substitute its own view as to whether an employer had acted reasonably in dismissing an employee but rather must decide whether the employers' decision to dismiss fell within the band of reasonable responses to the employee's conduct which a reasonable employer could adopt in all the circumstances.

For relevant general notes see Unfair dismissal/reasons making dismissal prima facie fair/employee guilty of misconduct and notes on British Home Stores v Burchell EAT 1980 ICR 303.