Tribunal leaves former Nationwide worker who brought eight claims facing £34,643 in costs after she accused the society of conspiring with her own lawyer

Fathima Thorn, a former Nationwide transition consultant, has had her seventh and eighth claims struck out as an abuse of process, with the tribunal ruling the society 'was being unjustly harassed by these proceedings'. Her whistleblowing and race discrimination complaints were largely re-runs of matters already dismissed, some up to four years out of time, and earlier defeats 'ought to have given her some inkling', it found.

Ex-Nationwide consultant Fathima Thorn's sixth claim accused the society of conduct 'not fitting for a high street bank'.

Fathima Thorn, ex-Nationwide consultant, said she hadn't known she could claim whistleblowing, but her sixth claim already had.

Tribunal: ex-Nationwide consultant Fathima Thorn 'could have withdrawn' but pressed on 'despite being doomed to failure'.