William Hill had been ordered to pay £45,000 to three former employees for unjust dismissal. Deputy manager Mary Ann Napier, sales assistants Debbie McDaide and Christopher Imrie were dismissed from their posts in a Lanarkshire William Hill betting shop for serving a 16-year-old boy believed to have produced fake ID. The disciplinary action was taken against the staff when the teenager's mother complained to the police. The management accepted the youth's claims that he was never asked for proof of age.
The employment tribunal ruled that there were "no reasonable grounds" for them to come to that decision. Judge Charles Watt wrote: "The boy gave his statement in the presence of his mother. His mother was already considerably angry at the boy's behaviour in gambling away large sums of money in betting shops. A large amount of this money had come from the boy's grandfather. Larkhall received an award of £21,003. McDaide was compensated £13,406 while Imrie received and £8,744.
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