C1 Ms Costello C2 Mrs Kilner C3 Mrs Barton C4 Ms Caldwell v Disclosure and Barring Service — 2023

On 25 and 26 September 2023 at Liverpool, before Employment Judge Aspinall sitting with Mrs Winter and Mr Gill, the tribunal considered complaints brought by Ms Costello, Mrs Kilner, Mrs Barton and Ms Caldwell against the Disclosure and Barring Service. The listed complaints included ordinary constructive unfair dismissal, ordinary unfair dismissal, automatically unfair dismissal for protected disclosure, protected disclosure and public interest disclosure detriment, direct sex discrimination, sex-related harassment, sex victimisation, disability discrimination arising from disability, failure to reasonably adjust, and disability-related harassment.

The tribunal struck out the complaints under Rule 37(1)(b) and (e) of the Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013. It found that the claimants' conduct of the litigation had been unreasonable such that there could not be a fair hearing of the complaints. The judgment therefore disposed of the claims without any substantive findings on the merits or any monetary award, and it also struck out any other complaint within the case numbers. The written record was sent on 2 October 2023.