Claimant v Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Outcome
Individual claims
The claimant applied for interim relief following dismissal. The tribunal dismissed the application for interim relief, indicating that the claimant did not establish the required pretty good chance of success at full hearing that the dismissal was automatically unfair.
Facts
Ms Dickson was employed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and was dismissed. She applied for interim relief, which is a remedy available in cases of automatically unfair dismissal for specified reasons such as whistleblowing or health and safety matters. The application was heard remotely via CVP before Employment Judge Jeram on 18 February 2025.
Decision
The tribunal dismissed the claimant's application for interim relief. The test for interim relief is stringent, requiring the claimant to show a pretty good chance of success at the full hearing. The tribunal was not satisfied that this threshold was met in this case.
Practical note
An interim relief application requires a high threshold of demonstrating a pretty good chance of success on the substantive automatically unfair dismissal claim, and failing to meet this standard results in dismissal of the interim relief application regardless of the merits of the underlying claim.
Case details
- Case number
- 6000236/2025
- Decision date
- 18 February 2025
- Hearing type
- interim relief
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Sector
- healthcare
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- barrister
Claimant representation
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- barrister