Claimant v Knowle Green Medical Surgery
Outcome
Individual claims
The claim that in or around 2022 the respondent stopped inviting the claimant on reception nights out was dismissed for want of jurisdiction as it was out of time.
The claim that on 8 September 2023 NP sent an email to WA saying the claimant should not be told about training and told the claimant to her face that she should not be doing training in front of other members of staff was dismissed for want of jurisdiction as it was out of time.
The claim that in 2023 Knowle Green Medical Centre failed to give the claimant a £100 Christmas present was dismissed for want of jurisdiction as it was out of time.
Facts
Ms Woolford, working in reception at Knowle Green Medical Surgery, brought whistleblowing detriment claims alleging she was excluded from social events around 2022, was told she should not be doing training and should not be told about training in September 2023, and was not given a £100 Christmas present in 2023. The claims were brought in 2024.
Decision
Employment Judge Bartlett dismissed three specific whistleblowing detriment claims for want of jurisdiction on the basis they were out of time. The alleged detriments dated from 2022 and 2023 but were not brought until 2024.
Practical note
Whistleblowing detriment claims must be brought within strict time limits; claims from 2022 and 2023 brought in 2024 will be dismissed as out of time without an extension.
Case details
- Case number
- 3311148/2024
- Decision date
- 17 December 2025
- Hearing type
- preliminary
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Sector
- healthcare
- Represented
- Yes
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No