Financial Conduct Authority

Case Summary

The claimant's claims regarding protected disclosures, automatic unfair dismissal, and ordinary unfair dismissal were dismissed.

The tribunal dismissed the claimant's claims for protected disclosure, automatic unfair dismissal, and ordinary unfair dismissal after a full hearing, finding them not well-founded on the merits.

• •protected disclosures under section 47B Employment Rights Act 1996
• •automatic unfair dismissal under sections 103A Employment Rights Act 1996
• •unfair dismissal (ordinary unfair dismissal under section 94 Employment Rights Act 1996)

Case No: 3200291/2023 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mr A Latif Respondent: Financial Conduct Authority Heard at: East London Hearing Centre On: 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28 March 2025, 1, 2, 3, 4, 23 and 24 April 2025 Before: Employment Judge Park Appearances Claimant: In person Respondent: Ms J Shepherd (Counsel) RESERVED JUDGMENT The Judgment of the Tribunal is that: 1. The claimant’s claims that he was subjected to detriments on the ground of having made protected disclosures under section 47B Employment Rights Act 1996 are not well founded and are dismissed. 2. The claimant’s claim for automatic unfair dismissal under sections 103A Employment Rights Act 1996) is not well founded and is dismissed. 3. The claimant’s claim for unfair dismissal (ordinary unfair dismissal under section 94 Employment Rights Act 1996) is not well founded and is dismissed. REASONS Claims and issues 4. The claimant’s claims were: Case No: 3200291/2023 4.1. he had been subjected to detriments on the ground that he had made a protected disclosure – section 47B Employment Rights Act 1996; 4.2. that he was automatically unfairly dismissed because the reason or principal reason for dismissal was that he had made a protected disclosure – section 103A Employment Rights Act 1996; and 4.3. ordinary unfair dismissal – section 98 Employment Rights Act 1996. 5. A final list of issues had been agreed at a preliminary hearing held on 9 October 2023 and 22 January 2024. At the outset of this hearing the parties liaised and provided a summary of the following based on the agreed list of issues: 5.1. the disclosures the claimant says that he made that were pr…