Case 2202003/2024 · Employment Tribunal
Miss C Royer v Marks and Spencer plc — 2025
- Case reference
- 2202003/2024
- Decision date
- 9 September 2025
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Richard Wood
- Panel members
- Mr S Pearlman, Mr K Ghotbi-Ravandi
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Miss C Royer
Respondent
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningThe claimant, who describes herself as black, was employed by Marks & Spencer Plc as a Personal Assistant for over nine years before being dismissed on 28 October 2023 on the stated ground of redundancy. The Tribunal (Employment Judge A M Snelson with Mr S Pearlman and Mr K Ghotbi-Ravandi) found her numerous complaints of direct race discrimination were not well-founded, and that most of those complaints were in any event presented out of time and so outside the Tribunal's jurisdiction.
The complaint of unfair dismissal was not well-founded, and the claim for unpaid wages (put as unauthorised deductions or alternatively breach of contract) was not well-founded. The proceedings as a whole were dismissed.
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Claims and outcomes
3 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race discrimination | Multiple complaints of direct race discrimination not well-founded; many also fail on the further ground of being out of time. | Dismissed | Race | — |
| Unfair dismissal | Complaint not well-founded. | Dismissed | — | — |
| Unlawful deduction from wages | Claim for unpaid wages (alternatively put as breach of contract) not well-founded. | Dismissed | — | — |
Legal tests applied
14 references- section 13 Equality Act 2010
- section 9(1) Equality Act 2010
- section 23 Equality Act 2010
- section 39 Equality Act 2010
- section 136 Equality Act 2010
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- Hewage v Grampian Health Board
- Efobi v Royal Mail Group Ltd
- section 98 Employment Rights Act 1996
Official outcome judgment PDF
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