Mr Andrew Ward v DHL International (UK) Ltd Record of an attended Preliminary Hearing at the Employment Tribunal — 2024

The claimant applied for interim relief after dismissal. The tribunal recorded that his claim was of unfair dismissal only, including ordinary unfair dismissal, dismissal for trade union activities, and automatic unfair dismissal related to health and safety representative activities. The judgment concerned interim relief only and did not decide the substantive claims listed for final hearing.

The tribunal found that the details provided by the claimant in support of interim relief were scant. It stated that he had not set out the trade union activities said to have led to dismissal or the link between those activities and dismissal, and that he had provided no evidence that he was a health and safety representative.

The respondent provided an explanation that the dismissal related to a breakdown of trust and confidence arising from matters involving managers and colleagues. On the material before it, the tribunal was not satisfied that it was likely the claimant would establish at final hearing that the reason or principal reason for dismissal was trade union activities or another prescribed activity, so the interim relief application was dismissed.