Mr G Wlochinski v English Lakes Hotels Limited — 2025

The claimant applied for interim relief under s.128 Employment Rights Act 1996 following his summary dismissal. He did not attend the video hearing and asked for the application to be decided on the papers. The Tribunal proceeded in his absence and considered the materials it had reviewed, including the respondent's skeleton argument and witness evidence, selected bundle documents, and the claimant's written submissions.

The Tribunal recorded that interim relief was potentially available because the claimant had brought an automatic unfair dismissal claim under s.103A ERA 1996. Applying the interim relief threshold, the Tribunal was not satisfied that it was likely the claimant would establish at a final hearing that he had made protected disclosures, that any disclosure was reasonably believed to be in the public interest, or that any protected disclosure was the sole or principal reason for dismissal.

The application for interim relief was dismissed. The respondent's costs application was not determined in this judgment; the Tribunal deferred that issue so the respondent could set out the grounds and sums claimed and the claimant could have an opportunity to respond.