Mr P Allwright v Wells Fargo Bank National Association and 7 others — 2025

The claimant brought a complaint of automatic unfair dismissal on whistleblowing grounds and applied for interim relief after being dismissed on the stated ground of redundancy. The tribunal considered the interim relief application on a submissions-only basis and identified that the central issue was whether the alleged protected disclosures were the reason or principal reason for dismissal.

The tribunal found that the claimant could succeed at a final hearing, but it was not able to conclude at this stage that he had a pretty good chance of doing so. The judge considered that the knowledge point depended on inferences about what Ms Mitchell knew before the redundancy business case was signed off, and that the documentary material provided objective support for the Second Redundancy Process.

The respondent's deposit order application was also denied. The tribunal held that although the claimant had not met the higher interim relief threshold, the claim did not have little reasonable prospect of success because issues of knowledge, causation, and the nature of the alleged disclosures required findings of fact at trial.