Mr David Jones v University for the Creative Arts — 2026

The tribunal considered Mr Jones's application for interim relief following dismissal. The application was put on the basis of alleged protected disclosures, health and safety concerns, and trade union activities, but the respondent argued that the tribunal had no jurisdiction because the dismissal arose in a redundancy selection context.

The tribunal found, on the material before it, that there was a genuine redundancy situation, that it was not a clean sweep case, and that if Mr Jones was dismissed on prohibited grounds the claim would fall under section 105 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or section 153 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. Those provisions were not within the statutory basis for interim relief under section 128, so the tribunal refused the application.