Botham v The Ministry of Defence - High Court claim could not be used to recover costs of ET unfair dismissal proceedings
Unfair dismissal claims, founded on breach of contractual disciplinary procedures, must be brought in an Employment Tribunal. A High Court claim in contract cannot subsequently be used to attempt to recover the expenses of bringing such proceedings, and so circumvent the statutory costs regime.
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