Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

Case Number: 6016017/24 1 of 18 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mr M Maher Respondent: Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Heard at: Manchester (in public; by CVP) On: 14 November 2025 Before: Employment Judge Rawlinson (sitting alone) Representatives For the claimant: In person, not represented (assisted by Mr Neil Madden) For the respondent: Mr Sangha, counsel RESERVED JUDGMENT The judgment of the tribunal is that: 1. The claimant’s claims that he was subjected to detriments for making public interest disclosures were not brought in time and it was reasonably practicable to bring them in time. As such, they are struck out, as there is no jurisdiction to hear them. REASONS Introduction 1. This public preliminary hearing, to determine the preliminary issue of whether the claimant’s claims were presented in time, was directed by Employment Judge Buzzard on 16 May 2025. 2. For the purposes of the hearing, I was provided with a preliminary hearing bundle which ran to 137 pages (referred to hereafter as ‘the PH bundle’), as well as a witness statement bundle which ran to 19 pages (the ‘WS bundle’). The WS bundle contained signed written statements from the claimant himself and from Mr Madden. Case Number: 6016017/24 2 of 18 3. I was also provided with written submissions and skeleton arguments from each side. I also had access to the full Digital Case File containing all of the documents, pleadings and correspondence in the case, which ran to some 794 pages. 4. Both parties attended remotely via CVP. The claimant attended unrepresented but supported by Neil Madden, who was also a witness in the case. The respondent was represented by Mr Sangha of counsel. In due course, the claimant and Mr Madden gave sworn evidence before me, and were also questioned by way of cross-examination by Mr Sangha on behalf of th...