Sovereign Business Integration Plc v Trybus - Employee unfairly dismissed for un-permitted absence [2007] EAT

Mr Trybus won an unfair dismissal case - his dismissal was both "ordinarily" unfair because the employer's investigation into alleged misconduct was not carried out with an open mind nor properly completed and also "automatically" unfair because of the employer's failure to comply properly with appeal process required by the statutory dismissal procedures - fixing an appeal hearing between Christmas and New Year and not checking whether the employee has received notification was not satisfactory.