Claimant v AstraZeneca UK Limited
Outcome
Individual claims
The claimant withdrew this claim during the preliminary hearing and it was dismissed upon withdrawal.
The claimant withdrew this claim during the preliminary hearing and it was dismissed upon withdrawal.
The tribunal granted the claimant's application to amend his claim to add this victimisation claim. The substantive hearing has not yet taken place.
The respondent applied for a deposit order arguing this claim had little reasonable prospect of success, but the tribunal refused the application. The substantive hearing has not yet taken place.
Facts
This was a preliminary hearing to deal with various case management issues. The claimant, Mr Meakins, brought claims against his employer AstraZeneca UK Limited including constructive dismissal, automatic unfair dismissal and discrimination. During the hearing he withdrew certain dismissal claims and sought to amend to add a victimisation claim. The respondent applied for a deposit order and the claimant applied for an anonymity order for a witness.
Decision
The tribunal dismissed the withdrawn constructive and automatic unfair dismissal claims. It granted the claimant's application to amend to add a victimisation claim. It refused both the claimant's application for anonymity for a witness and the respondent's application for a deposit order on the indirect discrimination claim.
Practical note
A preliminary hearing can result in multiple procedural outcomes including claim withdrawal, amendment applications being granted, and deposit order applications being refused where prospects are not sufficiently weak.
Legal authorities cited
Statutes
Case details
- Case number
- 6011841/2024
- Decision date
- 25 September 2025
- Hearing type
- preliminary
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Sector
- healthcare
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- barrister
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No