Claimant v Genu Prima Limited
Outcome
Individual claims
The tribunal found that the claimant did not make a qualifying disclosure as required under section 103A Employment Rights Act 1996. Without a qualifying protected disclosure, the automatic unfair dismissal claim cannot succeed.
The tribunal determined that the claimant did not make a qualifying disclosure. As a result, his claim for detriment on the grounds of protected disclosure under section 47B Employment Rights Act 1996 failed.
Facts
Mr Watters brought claims against Genu Prima Limited for automatic unfair dismissal and detriment arising from alleged protected disclosures. He represented himself at a one-day hearing in Cardiff. The central issue was whether the claimant had made a qualifying disclosure under whistleblowing legislation.
Decision
The tribunal found that the claimant had not made a qualifying disclosure. Consequently, both his automatic unfair dismissal claim under section 103A and his detriment claim under section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 failed and were dismissed.
Practical note
Whistleblowing claims require the claimant to establish that they made a qualifying disclosure as a threshold matter; without this, both automatic unfair dismissal and detriment claims will fail at the outset.
Legal authorities cited
Statutes
Case details
- Case number
- 1600187/2025
- Decision date
- 22 September 2025
- Hearing type
- full merits
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Sector
- other
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- lay rep
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No