Lack of appeal does not automatically render dismissal unfair

Shelley Barratt and Ioan Hughes were former employees of the Council, which is the local education authority for the county of Gwynedd. Both were employed by the Council as teachers of physical education at Ysgol y Gader, a community secondary school; were dismissed on 31 August 2017 upon the school's closure; and were members of the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT).