The former chief executive of Connells has won claims for age discrimination and unfair dismissal after an employment tribunal ruled he was treated unlawfully when he left the company after 33 years. The Bury St Edmunds employment tribunal ruled on 29 June that Connells unfairly handled Livesey’s departure and later discriminated against him because of his age. However, it found that the way Connells treated him afterwards seriously damaged the relationship of trust and confidence between employer and employee. The tribunal ruled that these actions broke the trust and confidence that should exist between an employer and employee and amounted to constructive unfair dismissal. Despite that background, the tribunal ruled in Livesey’s favour on both age discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal.