Decision date
15 April 2026
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Judge
Employment Judge Dobbie
Case Summary
The tribunal considered strike-out applications at a preliminary hearing on 2 April 2026. The claimant's claim for paternity leave pay and four days' sick pay was dismissed as having no reasonable prospect of success or upon withdrawal. However, the tribunal rejected the respondent's application to strike out the unfair dismissal claims, finding them to have some reasonable prospect of success.
Why this outcome?
No reasonable prospectsThe tribunal dismissed the claimant's paternity leave pay claim as having no reasonable prospect of success but allowed the unfair dismissal claims to proceed as they have some reasonable prospect of success. The sick pay claim was dismissed upon withdrawal.
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- •Whether claimant's claim for paternity leave pay has reasonable prospect of success
- •Whether respondent's application to strike out unfair dismissal claims should be granted
- •Whether claimant's application to strike out respondent's response should be granted
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Case Details
Hearing venue
Decided at Reading Employment Tribunal →- Case No.
- 3303447/2024
- Tribunal
- Employment Tribunal
- Level
- First instance
- Decision
- 15 April 2026
- Published
- 19 May 2026
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Dobbie