SACKED BY MY OWN HUSBAND!

[MrsC1969HJ]

I am looking for some advice please! My husband left me in October last year with no warning whatsoever, subsequently discovered he had been having an affair. I worked for his building company receiving a monthly salary. A few days after leaving, he "sacked" me, with no warning, nothing and had his accountants send me my P45. He just said that my salary had "ceased". He then sacked the accountants as he didn't want me to be able to access any information about his company as he had been working for the OW and was trying to cover it up. I would like to know where I stand legally. Do I have good grounds to take him to a tribunal and would I receive compensation if I won? I can get legal aid of this as he has left me on Income Support. Any advice would be gratefully received! Thanks all :-)

Hello, I know this is an old post but I just wondered how things worked out? I am in a similar situation with the threat of sack hanging over me. Thanks

Mary, do bear in mind the 3 months (and 2 years of service) before people can bring an unfair dismissal claim and claim within that time or negotiate it as part of the deal onthe finances on the divorce that you negotiate. Some couples who own a business together carry on running it actually even though divorced- a famous restaurant couple do that and another i the press was a clothing company one - they are able to keep personal and business apart but they were very high paid high profile people with the wife building up the business as much as the man.

I believe we could work together. I work from home anyway so it's not even like we are sat in an office together. He says he can't cope with having to deal with me at work as he never wanted to seperate.