Ms C Gentry v West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Case Number: 3305385/2020 (V)

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant Respondent Ms C Gentry v West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust Heard at: Watford via CVP On: 26 June 2020 Before: Employment Judge Hyams Appearances: For the claimant: Mr Matthew Purchase, of Counsel For the respondent: Mr Simon Cheetham, of Her Majesty’s Counsel

JUDGMENT The claimant’s application for interim relief under section 128 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 does not succeed.

REASONS Introduction 1 The claimant was employed by the respondent as a Consultant Obstetrician from 2011 onwards until her dismissal by means of a letter dated 27 May 2020 which was sent to the claimant’s email address and was eventually read by her on (she says) 4 June 2020. 2 The hearing of 26 June 2020 before me was to decide the claimant’s application for interim relief, made under section...

that it was unlikely that the claimant would be able to satisfy the tribunal that the sole or principal reason for her dismissal was one or more protected disclosures. That was for the following reasons. 2 Case Number: 3305385/2020 (V) 7.1 There is (it was said in paragraph 16(i) of the respondent’s written submissions) “very strong evidence” that the reason for the claimant’s dismissal was cap...