Thomas v Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust & Another [2024]

The claimant was engaged through an agency to deliver consultancy services for the respondent Trust.  This was from April to July in 2018.  In July the claimant was notified that his assignment was terminated as it had come to light that he had an unspent conviction which he had failed to declare. The claimant asserted that the real reason was that he had stood for political office for the English Democrats, and it was due to his philosophical belief which he described as ‘English Nationalism’.

The respondent denied this, stating that the termination was due to misleading information on his CV, and they also argued that his philosophical belief was not protected by