Chand v EE Ltd: [2026] EAT 17

Ms Elizabeth Chand, a Senior Customer Advisor with 16 years’ service, was dismissed for alleged gross misconduct following four incidents which EE believed involved fraud. The Employment Tribunal (ET) found no reasonable basis for a belief in fraud in any of the allegations and that a finding of gross misconduct was outside the range of reasonable response.

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