XY v Stonex Financial Limited — 2025

This was a reserved judgment of a three-member tribunal sitting at the Central London Employment Tribunal (by CVP) over an extended hearing in March and June 2025. The anonymised claimant brought multiple complaints of direct sex and disability discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments, victimisation, and equal pay against her former employer. The claimant represented herself and the respondent was represented by counsel.

The tribunal unanimously dismissed all complaints. On equal pay, it found the claimant was not doing like work with any comparator within the meaning of s.65 Equality Act 2010 and, in any event, the respondent had established a material factor defence under s.69 (relying on different levels of experience and skills as material factors). The remaining direct discrimination, s.15 (something arising), reasonable adjustments and victimisation claims were each found not well-founded.

The judgment is 114 pages and the available extract is truncated; the detailed reasons addressing each individual issue, factual findings, and credibility assessments could not be fully reviewed. Confidence in outcomes is high (the dispositive paragraphs are clear); confidence in the depth of the findings summary is reduced accordingly.