Mr V Ram v Santander UK plc — 2026

The claimant brought an individual claim for a protective award, alleging failure to consult about a TUPE transfer and proposed redundancy. The tribunal recorded that his employment transferred from Santander to KPMG under TUPE and that he was later made redundant.

The tribunal found that Santander recognised independent trade unions and that, in those circumstances, the duty under Regulation 13 was to inform and consult the trade union rather than individual employees. Under Regulation 15, only the trade union had standing to bring the relevant complaint. The claim therefore had no reasonable prospect of success and was struck out.

The respondent also argued that the claim was an abuse of process because the claimant was part of later multiple proceedings including a protective award claim. The tribunal noted that the claimant was not entitled to bring two claims alleging the same matters, but did not need to decide that issue because the individual claim had already been struck out.