Mrs M Cole v MM Flowers Limited — 2025

The Tribunal considered the claimant's application for interim relief following her dismissal on 12 October 2025. The claimant alleged that the principal reason for dismissal was that she had made protected disclosures, while the respondent said dismissal resulted from an irretrievable breakdown in trust and confidence connected to conduct and performance concerns.

On a summary assessment, the Tribunal found that the claimant had not shown it was likely that her HR complaint, as pleaded in the ET1, would be found to be a protected disclosure at a final hearing. The Tribunal noted that the claimant had not identified the actual words relied on, had not identified the legal wrongdoing said to be disclosed, and that the evidence suggested the complaints concerned her personal situation rather than the public interest.

The Tribunal also found that the claimant had not shown it was likely that any protected disclosures were the sole or principal reason for dismissal. It noted that employment had continued after the four-week review and that Nuno Castro's stated reasons for dismissal, relating to conduct and performance, were supported by contemporaneous documentary evidence. The application for interim relief failed.