Interesting Employment Tribunal judgments released – 06.11.2017 to 11.11.2017

In the latest of our series of posts on Employment Tribunal judgments released, we examine ten Employment Tribunal judgments released in the last week (between 6 November 2017 and 12 November 2017) that our solicitors found interesting

  1. Mr A Mitchell v Amiho Technology Limited ET/3401466/2016 – the Employment Tribunal found that Amiho had unfairly dismissed Mr Mitchell and subjected him to disability discrimination when he was dismissed because of something arising from his disability (depression) (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  2. Ms C Wade v (1) Young & Co’s Brewery Ltd (2) Mr Mark McLaughlan ET/2301162/2016 & ET/2302707/2016 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant had been sexually harassed by having her tracksuit bottoms tugged down, but dismissed her other claims for harassment/discrimination and for constructive dismissal (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  3. Page v NHS Trust Development Authority ET/2302433/2016 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant was dismissed not because he had raised complaints of discrimination in the workplace, but because of the manner in which he had raised those complaints. The Tribunal therefore dismissed the Claimant’s claims for direct religious belief discrimination, harassment and victimisation (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  4. Miss KL v Sussex Hospitality Services Ltd ET/2302358/2016 – the Employment Tribunal found that the Claimant had been subjected to sexual harassment by a manager squeezing her knee, but dismissed all other claims of sexual harassment that had been made (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  5. Mr A Scaife v Love Sofas Ltd ET/1800838/2017 – the Employment Tribunal found that the Claimant had been unfairly dismissed but reduced his compensation by 100% (for reasons relating to contributory fault and Polkey) (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  6. Mrs K Smith v London Borough of Bromley ET/2300446/2016 & ET/2301125/2016 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant had been subjected to detriments on the grounds that he had engaged in union activities (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  7. Mr J Morris v East Riding of Yorkshire Council ET/1800147/2016 – the Employment Tribunal awarded the Claimant £8,842 as compensation for his successful claim for disability discrimination (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  8. Mr M Akal v North East London NHS Foundation Trust ET3202331/2015 – the Employment Tribunal found that the Claimant had engaged in a scandalous course of conduct (by, among other things, threatening to behead judges) and made an award of costs against him to the sum of £11,567.64 (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  9. Mr Z Hussain v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust ET/2601539/12 – the Employment Tribunal determined an issue relating to a costs award that had been remitted to it by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  10. Mrs J Coyle v Action for Children ET/1400001/2016 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant had been constructively dismissed by, among other things, the Respondent’s failure to properly investigate the Claimant’s grievance and imposition of an excessive workload (Employment Tribunal judgment)