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Even if the reason for dismissal does not fall within one of the specific potentially fair reasons set out in ERA 1996, s 98(2), the dismissal may still be fair if the reason is shown to have been some other substantial reason of a kind such as to justify the dismissal of an employee holding the position which the employee held.

Substantial means ‘more than whimsical or capricious’.

As with other potentially fair reasons for dismissal, it will still be necessary for the tribunal to be satisfied that dismissal was, in all the circumstances, within the range of reasonable responses of a reasonable employer and that a fair procedure had been followed by the employer.

Many cases where the reason for dismissal has been held to have been ‘some other substantial reason’ are related to action taken by an employer to reorganise its business. In certain cases, statute dictates that a reason for dismissal is to be treated as some other substantial