In person v Respondent — 2025

The claimant applied for interim relief in a claim involving alleged automatic unfair dismissal and detriments for making protected disclosures. For the purposes of the interim relief application, the tribunal assumed in the claimant's favour, without making a finding, that it was likely she had made protected disclosures.

The tribunal focused on whether it was likely, in the required interim relief sense, that the final tribunal would find the protected disclosures were the reason or principal reason for dismissal. It considered witness statements and documents relied on by the respondent, including stated performance concerns and grievances, alongside recordings relied on by the claimant.

The tribunal found that the recordings gave some support to the claimant's case, but it could not say it was likely, in the sense of approaching certainty, that the final tribunal would reject the respondent's stated reason or find that protected disclosures were the reason or principal reason for dismissal. The application for interim relief was therefore refused.