Newcastle University

10.5 Reserved judgment with reasons – rule 61 March 2017 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Ms K Blakey Respondent: Newcastle University Heard at: Newcastle Employment Tribunal On: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19 June 2023, 2 August 2023 evidence and submissions; 3 August 2023 deliberations; 4 August 2023 further submissions. Before: Employment Judge Jeram, Mr P Curtis Mrs D Winter Representation: Claimant: In Person Respondent: Ms C Millns of Counsel RESERVED JUDGMENT The unanimous judgment of the Tribunal is that the claimant’s claims of unfair dismissal, automatic unfair dismissal, whistleblowing detriment and discrimination arising in consequence of disability are not well founded and are dismissed. REASONS 1. By a claim presented on 28 January 2021, the claimant made complaints of unfair dismissal, disability discrimination and whistleblowing. Case Management and Issues 2. This claim has been subject to a number of attempts to identify the claims said to be advanced. Orders were made on 9 March 2021, and hearings after which further orders were made, were conducted on 26 April 2021 before EJ Shore, 1 July 2021 before EJ Johnson, 27 August 2021 before EJ Shore, 6 October 2022 10.5 Reserved judgment with reasons – rule 61 March 2017 2 before EJ Jeram and a final case management hearing with a time estimate of 1 day took place before EJ Moss on 23 November 2022. 3. The issues were once again discussed in detail on the first and second days of the final hearing. The claimant having confirmed that she did not intend to apply to amend her claim, a list containing the agreed issues was finalised and circulated. The list of issues are as follows. Unfair Dismissal 4. Was the reason, or if more than one the principal reason, for dismissal redundancy or for a substantial reason of a kind such as justifying dismissal of an employee holdi...