Ms R Fordyce v Church of Scotland Central Services Committee

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106811/2024 Held in Edinburgh via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on 12 March 2025 5 Employment Judge S MacLean Ms Rashell Fordyce Claimant Represented by: Mr F Marshall – Citizen’s Advice Service 10 Church of Scotland Respondent Central Services Committee Represented by: Mr J Wilson - 15 Solicitor

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Judgment of the Employment Tribunal is that the respondents’ applications for strike out or a deposit order are refused.

20 REASONS Background

1. At a case management preliminary hearing on 15 January 2025, it was agreed that at this preliminary hearing an Employment Judge will determine the respondent’s application for strike out the unfair dismissal complaint under 25 rule 38(1)(a) of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 (the rules of procedure), or alternatively whether the claimant should be ordered to pay a deposit as the...

2. On 5 February 2025, after the claimant complied with an order for further 30 specification of the protected act relied upon in the victimisation complaint (section 27 of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA)), the respondent applied for strike out of that complaint under section 38(1)(a) of the rules of procedure. The 4106811/2024 Page 2 application was opposed. An Employment Judge directed that that ...