North Bristol NHS Trust

1 of 78 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Dr P Boreham Respondent: North Bristol NHS Trust Heard at: by CVP from the Bristol Employment Tribunal On: 18, 19 and 20 November 2025 Before: Employment Judge Woodhead (sitting alone) Appearances For the Claimant: Mr J Searle (Counsel) with Ms J Norris (Instructing solicitor) For the Respondent: Mr M Islam-Choudhury (Counsel) with Mr J Hatton (Instructing solicitor) RESERVED JUDGMENT WITH REASONS 1. The complaint of unfair dismissal is not well-founded and is dismissed. The Claimant was not unfairly dismissed. REASONS 2. I apologise to all those concerned for the delay in issuing this judgment. The delay arises out of the circumstances referred to below and made clear to the parties at the end of the hearing. THE ISSUES 3. This claim, being one of unfair dismissal, had not had the benefit of a case management preliminary hearing. The parties had nonetheless been given clear case management orders on 26 July 2025 which set out deadlines for action to be taken and said, amongst other things [HB40]: The hearing will last about 3 days. If you think that is not long enough, you must write to the Tribunal as soon as possible. The normal Tribunal day is from 10am until 4pm with a break for lunch (usually one hour) and 2 of 78 other breaks as appropriate. [...] The respondent must produce the electronic file in accordance with that agreement and send a copy to the claimant. The file of documents shall be limited to 100 pages. [...] The claimant and the respondent shall prepare full written statements of the evidence they and their witnesses intend to give at the hearing. No additional witness evidence may be allowed at the hearing without permission of the Tribunal. The written statements shall have numbered paragraphs. The claimant and the respondent shall send the written statements of their witnesses to eachother. The length of the statements of each party shall be ...