Mr F Da Silva v Costa Limited — 2025

At a public preliminary hearing before Employment Judge Dimbylow on 24 March 2025, the tribunal decided that Mr F Da Silva's claim form included a claim for harassment related to race. The tribunal recorded that the claimant had provided factual details about two such matters and confirmed that 32 other matters were background information only in relation to those two claims, which were the only issues to be adjudicated upon at a final hearing. No amendment to the claim form was required for that claim.

The tribunal also decided that the claim form included a claim for whistleblowing detriments and that the claimant had provided factual details about that claim. No amendment to the claim form was required to include it. The respondent's application to strike out the claims was not pursued, and the tribunal dismissed that application.

The respondent's application for a deposit order in relation to the Public Interest Disclosure claim was adjourned to be heard on 16 June 2025. The judge stated that he could not determine that application because no notice had been given by the tribunal under Rule 53 of the Rules of Procedure 2024 and it was not referred to in the respondent's notice of application dated 28 February 2025. No remedy was determined in this judgment.