By Terri-ann Williams For Mailonline
Published: 10:12 BST, 21 May 2019 | Updated: 10:25 BST, 21 May 2019
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A teacher has been awarded over £7,000 in damages after he relocated 300 miles to a new job, only to be sacked five days later.
Robert Burke moved from Oldham in Greater Manchester to work at a primary school in Aberdeen, and had been offered a relocation package of up to £8,000.
However, he was dismissed after his first week and an employment tribunal has now ruled that there had been 'no evidence whatsoever' offered to justify his sacking or to prove any wrong doing on Mr Burke's part.
Council officials made the decision to only take him on for maternity cover based on a reference they had received from Mr Burke's previous employer in Italy, the Westminster International School in Pisa.
Robert Burke (pictured above) had moved to Aberdeen for a job, but was dismissed just one week later
Judge Andrew Kemp awarded the teacher £7,272 in damages for the council's breach of contract and said in his ruling that the way he had been dismissed was 'at the least ambiguous' and 'at worst, misleading'.
In September 2017 a
