Tribunal Rules European Tour Unfairly Dismissed Scott Kelly

The Daily Mail's James Dunn reports on the ruling against the European Tour and new chief Keith Pelley on the issue of unfair dismissal, but sided with the defendant on the issue of age discrimination.

A monetary reward will be decided in a February 6 hearing.

This was interesting on the topic of age discrimination:

David Mitchell, representing Mr Kelly, said the claims were 'concocted' fabrications after the legal proceedings were started, producing transcripts of emails and meetings where Mr Pelley said he wanted to employ 'millennials' and that another senior director kept his job 'with the support of two 31-year-olds - offering fresh legs'

Presiding Judge Andrew Gumbiti-Zimuto, in a reserved judgement, said: 'The reference to retirement was not any indication of the reason why his employment was terminated but a matter of positioning it as retirement for presentation only; to preserve the claimant's dignity by avoiding people knowing that he had been dismissed.'

Kelly has been described as a key figure in securing the tour's partnership with Rolex, but how much of that involves the recently announced Rolex Series events is unclear.