Case 2208546/2023 · Employment Tribunal

Ms E Dixon v Westminster City Council — 2025

Case reference: 2208546/2023
Decision date: 12 March 2025
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge B Smith
Panel members: Tribunal Member Carroll, Tribunal Member Shaah

Indexed: 18 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Ms E Dixon

Respondent

Westminster City Council

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The tribunal recorded that the claimant was employed by Westminster City Council from September 2018 and that the respondent accepted she was disabled under section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 at the material times. The live claims were direct disability discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments, and harassment related to disability.

Most allegations were dismissed. The tribunal found one instance of harassment related to disability: the claimant was not shortlisted for a Public Health role on or around 24 February 2023 after shortlisting used factors not listed in the advertisement or job description. The tribunal found this amounted to a humiliating environment in the particular circumstances, but also recorded that it was unintentional and that the claimant had not shown she would have obtained the role.

At remedy, the tribunal awarded injury to feelings for that single successful harassment allegation only. It made no award for psychiatric injury or financial loss, and awarded interest under the Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases) Regulations 1996.

Claims and outcomes

7 findings recorded

This case has mixed outcomes under at least one legal claim type. A tribunal can uphold some allegations and dismiss others under the same legal head, so rows below may represent separate issues or allegation groups from the judgment.

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Disability discrimination	Direct disability discrimination was not well-founded and was dismissed.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Disability discrimination	The complaint of unfavourable treatment because of something arising in consequence of disability was not well-founded and was dismissed.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Disability discrimination	The complaint of failure to make reasonable adjustments for disability was not well-founded and was dismissed.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Harassment	Harassment related to disability was upheld only in respect of allegation 45, concerning the claimant not being shortlisted for a Public Health role on or around 24 February 2023. The other harassment allegations were dismissed.	Upheld	Disability	£6,016
Pregnancy and maternity discrimination	The reasons state that claims of maternity discrimination were dismissed upon withdrawal in earlier judgments; the earlier judgments are not included in the prompt text.	Withdrawn	Pregnancy and maternity	—

Remedy

Monetary award

Total award: £6,016; across all upheld claims

Legal tests applied

21 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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