A man who claimed his dreams predicted his encounter with a colleague has had his appeal rejected after being sacked for gross misconduct. Elrich Daudet said he believed his dreams were capable of predicting the future, and that his colleague was 'haunting' his dreams before they met.
According to Daudet, he had written to his colleague after a brief meeting, telling her that he had known for a year that they would cross paths. However, this resulted in him facing an internal disciplinary inquiry for harassment, which ultimately led to his dismissal in December 2022.
A five-day hearing in 2024 concluded that there was nothing unfair about his dismissal, with an employment tribunal judge ruling that Daudet's belief was not a 'protected' one because it was too specific to his own life. The lower tribunal had found that Daudet's messages were 'amorous in nature' and caused 'distress or alarm' to his colleague.
Daudet's solicitor argued that the tribunal had gone wrong in its reasoning, saying that Daudet's belief was not merely a narrowly held one about his own powers, but rather a belief that dreams are generally capable of predicting the future. However, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has now rejected his appeal application, upholding the dismissal of his claims.
