Bury Council

Case Summary

An interim relief application by the claimant, a quantity surveyor employed by Bury Council, who was dismissed via redundancy in November 2025 following a 2021 disclosure about tender irregularities and subsequent disclosures about investigations. The tribunal refused interim relief, finding it was not likely that the claimant would show the principal reason for dismissal was the protected disclosure, as the respondent had presented a cogent business case for redundancy with documented consultation.

The tribunal found that although the claimant made protected disclosures from 2021 to 2025 about tender irregularities and alleged cover-ups, the respondent presented a cogent business case for redundancy with a documented consultation process, and there was no evidence that the protected disclosures were the principal reason for the dismissal. The claimant's non-engagement with the redundancy process and failure to provide evidence of a fabricated process meant it was not likely he would succeed at the full hearing.

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• •Whether the claimant made protected disclosures under the Employment Rights Act 1996
• •Whether the principal reason for dismissal was the making of protected disclosures
• •Whether redundancy process was genuine or fabricated
• •Whether claimant made qualifying disclosures in the public interest

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