Mr Patrick Henry McAuley v Ethigen Ltd

The EAT dismissed Mr McAuley’s appeal. The ET was entitled to consider his correspondence when striking out his detriment claim and it lacked jurisdiction over his other complaints.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed Mr Patrick Henry McAuley’s appeal on 20 August 2026. The appeal challenged an Employment Tribunal decision made after a preliminary hearing.

Mr McAuley was an agency worker assigned to Ethigen Ltd for 13 days from 30 June 2022 to 12 July 2022. He brought three complaints. These were harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, automatic unfair dismissal under Regulation 17(1) of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, and detrimental treatment under Regulation 17(2) of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010.