Case 1808549/2023 · Employment Tribunal
Miss A Bukhari v Newday Cards Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING — 2024
- Case reference
- 1808549/2023
- Decision date
- 21 May 2024
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge O’Neill Appearances
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Miss A Bukhari
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningThe preliminary hearing considered whether the claimant made protected disclosures on 12 April 2023, 19 April 2023 and 6 June 2023. The respondent conceded that the claimant's grievance was capable of being a protected act for the Equality Act victimisation claim, but the issue of bad faith was left for a final hearing and was not determined in this judgment.
The tribunal found that the 12 April conversation was an ordinary work exchange about variances during a reporting-system transition and did not disclose information tending to show a breach of legal obligation. It also found that the claimant's belief that the FCA code applied in the way alleged was not reasonably held, and that there was no protected disclosure in the 19 April email chain.
For the 6 June grievance, the tribunal accepted that the use of the word "rounding" in an email was inappropriate but found it did not show concealment. It concluded that the claimant had not made a public interest disclosure on any of the three occasions, so the whistleblowing detriment and automatic unfair dismissal claims failed and were dismissed.
Claims and outcomes
2 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistleblowing | Whistleblowing detriment under section 47B Employment Rights Act 1996 was dismissed at a preliminary hearing because the claimant failed to show that she had made a protected disclosure under section 43B ERA 1996. | Dismissed | — | — |
| Unfair dismissal | Automatic unfair dismissal under section 103A Employment Rights Act 1996 was dismissed at a preliminary hearing because the claimant failed to show that she had made a protected disclosure under section 43B ERA 1996. | Dismissed | — | — |
Legal tests applied
7 references- section 43B Employment Rights Act 1996
- section 47B Employment Rights Act 1996
- section 103A Employment Rights Act 1996
- section 27 Equality Act 2010
- Cavendish Munro Professional Risk Management Ltd v Geduld
- Kilraine v London Borough of Wandsworth
- Williams v Michelle Brown AM
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