Mrs A Ferreira v Respondent — 2025

The tribunal considered the respondent's application on the papers and granted strike-out of the claimant's allegation that she was subjected to whistleblowing detriment by the respondent providing a negative reference to Weymouth Manor Care Home. The claimant did not respond to the initial application and later disagreed with strike-out, but the tribunal recorded that she did not address the specific matters raised by the respondent.

The tribunal found that the available documents included positive evidence from Weymouth Manor Care Home that the claimant was not offered work because of restructuring and that the care home no longer needed to recruit to the role. Taking the claimant's case at its highest, the tribunal concluded there was no reasonable prospect of proving that the respondent had provided the alleged negative reference or that the care home's stated reason was dishonest.

The judgment expressly limited the strike-out to that allegation only. It stated that the claimant's remaining allegations, including any other allegations of detriment under the same case management order paragraph, would continue to a final hearing listed from 19 November 2025.