Diana Taylor v Achieve Together Limited — 2025

The tribunal found that the claimant was dismissed for conduct after a recorded incident with a colleague. It found that the respondent had a genuine belief in gross misconduct, had reasonable grounds for that belief, carried out a reasonable investigation, gave the claimant opportunities to respond at disciplinary and appeal stages, and acted within the range of reasonable responses.

The wrongful dismissal claim was dismissed because the tribunal found the claimant committed gross misconduct amounting to a repudiatory breach of contract, so the respondent was entitled to dismiss without notice. The direct race discrimination claim was dismissed because the tribunal found no evidence linking the dismissal to race and accepted that a white person in the same role who behaved in the same way would also have been dismissed.

The holiday pay claim was dismissed because the tribunal found the claimant took her booked annual leave and was paid for it. The tribunal did not accept that the booked leave should be re-characterised as suspension time, and found that no accrued leave was owed.