MS BENNETT (EQUALITY 4 BLACK NURSES) FOR THE v Respondent — 2025

The tribunal heard the matter remotely at Haverfordwest on 30 January 2025 before Employment Judge S Povey. The claimant was represented by Ms Bennett of Equality 4 Black Nurses and the respondent by Mr Langely of counsel. The written record states that reasons were given orally at the hearing and that written reasons would not be provided unless requested in time.

The tribunal dismissed the complaints of automatic unfair dismissal for making protected disclosures, detriment for making protected disclosures, failure to provide written reasons for dismissal and wrongful dismissal. It held that those complaints were presented out of time, that it was reasonably practicable for them to have been presented in time, and that it therefore had no jurisdiction to determine them. The dismissal was recorded under Rule 28 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024.

The tribunal also dismissed the complaints of discrimination on grounds of race and disability, harassment on grounds of race and sex, and victimisation. It held that those complaints were presented out of time and were not brought within such further period as was just and equitable. No substantive merits findings are recorded in the written decision for those claims because the decision turned on jurisdiction and limitation.

To the extent that complaints under section 14 of the Equality Act 2010 or under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 were being pursued, the tribunal held that it had no jurisdiction to determine them and dismissed them. The judgment does not record any monetary award.