Ms Z Dancer v CQC Care Quality Commission — 2025

The tribunal struck out the claimant's protected disclosure detriment claim because she failed to pay the £1,000 deposit ordered at a preliminary hearing on 29 January 2025. The order had required £500 for each of the claimant's two protected disclosure detriment allegations, and it was sent to her on 12 February 2025.

The judgment records that the hearing listed for 24 to 30 June 2025 would not go ahead. It states that the strike-out was made under rule 40(4) of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024.

In the notes, the tribunal recorded the financial information it had taken into account when making the deposit order, including that the claimant normally undertook short-term contract work, had reported £42,000 gross on her previous tax return, had outgoings of around £1,600 per month, was claiming Employment Support Allowance of £90 per week, owned her home, was living on savings, and expected to have around £5,000 left in savings. The tribunal also noted that the claimant had presented an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal dated 24 February 2025.