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 namedMiss C Royer
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 claims adjudicated| Claim type | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race discrimination | Dismissed | Race | — |
| Unfair dismissal | Dismissed | — | — |
| Unlawful deduction from wages | Dismissed | — | — |
Legal tests applied
14 referencesSource document
Primary recordThe full judgment is available on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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