The Court of Appeal has upheld an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling that fixed share partners are not employees and, as such, are not eligible to claim for unfair dismissal.
The ruling made yesterday (1 February) dismissed Martin Tiffin’s claim against his former firm Lester Aldridge, supporting both the initial employment tribunal and the EAT ruling in November 2010 that, as a member of the firm’s limited liability partnership (LLP), Tiffin did not qualify as an employee and therefore cannot claim for unfair dismissal.
