Ms F Takyi-Micah v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis — 2018

The claimant, a Black African woman employed as a PCSO, had depression accepted by the respondent as a disability. The tribunal considered complaints arising from events after workplace concerns involving PS Dale, the handling of her complaints, her transfer from Edmonton to Tottenham, welfare interventions, contact with her GP, and delay in concluding a grievance.

The tribunal found that the transfer decision and rejection of the appeal were based on the respondent's assessment that the claimant's animosity towards PS Dale and comments she had made created a risk of confrontation if they remained at the same location. It accepted that there were process failures, including the absence of a clear audit trail and written rationale, but found these did not show race discrimination, disability-related causation, or victimisation.

The tribunal found that the claimant had done protected acts in relation to allegations of racism and disability-related language, but not all matters she relied on were protected acts. It found the protected acts were not an effective cause of the transfer, welfare response, GP contact, appeal rejection, or grievance delay. The delay in the grievance was found unreasonable, but the tribunal accepted evidence that it arose from difficulties arranging interviews, workload and leave, and a genuine though mistaken belief about what had already been investigated.