Bupa Care Services Ltd

Case Summary

Employment Judge Sudra refused the Claimant's application for interim relief, finding no 'pretty good chance' that the claimant would succeed on the relevant claims.

The Employment Judge refused interim relief because the claimant failed to demonstrate a 'pretty good chance' of succeeding on the relevant claims, which is the required threshold for such relief.

• •interim relief application
• •gross misconduct dismissal
• •protected disclosures

1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mr. O. E. Olarewaju Respondent: Bupa Care Services Limited Heard at: London South Employment Tribunal (via CVP video conference) On: 25 th September 2025 Before: Employment Judge Sudra (sitting alone) Representation Claimant: In-Person (unrepresented) Respondent: Mr. A. Sugarman of Counsel RESERVED JUDGMENT The Claimant’s application for interim relief is refused. REASONS Introduction 1. The purposes of the Hearing was to adjudicate upon the Claimant’s application for interim relief. The Hearing 2. The Hearing was listed for one-day and both parties attended via CVP video conference. 3. By a claim form presented on 15 th August 2025 the Claimant made an application for interim relief under s.128 Employment Rights Act 1996 (‘ERA’). The Claimant’s employment terminated on 8 th August 2025 for reason of gross misconduct and therefore, the claim for interim relief has been brought within the time frame specified in s.128 (4) ERA. The Notices of Hearing are dated 22 nd August 2025 and 19 th September 2025, so the parties have had seven days’ notice 1 . 1 This Hearing was listed to be heard on 12 th September 2025 but did not proceed due to judicial unavailability. 2 4. The Claimant has made claims of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing detriments, discrimination and dismissal due to having made a protected disclosure in the public interest and victimisation contrary to s.39(4) Equality Act 2010 (‘EqA’). 5. The Claimant already has other claims in the Tribunal under claim number 2303249/2025 and 2305764/2025 (formerly 6009223/2025) which were submitted prior to the Claimant’s employment terminating and have been consolidated. For the purposes of today’s Hearing I was only considering the claim presented on 15 th August 2025. 6. I do not make any findings of fact, …