Mr J Tavernier (consultant) For the v Respondent — 2024

The claimant, a former mathematics teacher employed by the respondent from 5 January 2018 to 31 August 2019, brought complaints of post-employment victimisation under s.27 of the Equality Act 2010 (read with s.108) and harassment related to race under s.26 (read with s.39). An earlier race discrimination claim had been settled without admission of liability under a COT3 agreement on 6 January 2020. The present claim concerned acts said to have occurred after the termination of employment, including alleged breach of the COT3 confidentiality terms, a negative reference, a report to the Westminster LADO, statements made at a school assembly, disclosures to the claimant's subsequent employer, and an alleged failure to provide a reference.

The matter was heard at London Central by CVP from 29 January to 7 February 2024 before Employment Judge Baty sitting with Mr P Lewis and Mr D Shaw. The hearing dealt with liability only. Preliminary issues to be determined alongside the substantive issues included whether the COT3 agreement precluded the post-employment claims, whether time limits had been complied with, and an outstanding amendment application reserved by Employment Judge Snelson at the preliminary hearing on 5 May 2022. Written judgment was sent to the parties on 12 February 2024 and written reasons were subsequently provided on the respondent's request of 19 February 2024.

The portion of the judgment supplied to this extraction step was truncated (approximately 15,000 of 108,129 characters, comprising the opening sections and the annexed list of issues). The tribunal's substantive findings, its conclusions on jurisdiction, time limits, the amendment application, and the outcomes on each pleaded allegation are not present in the supplied text. Accordingly, the outcomes for each claim and any remedy are not stated here and confidence has been reduced.