Case 2305029/2021 · Employment Tribunal

Miss X I Kovacs v Tesco Stores Ltd — 2022

Case reference: 2305029/2021
Decision date: 13 December 2022
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Braganza KC
Venue: London South

Indexed: 18 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Miss X I Kovacs

Respondent

Tesco Stores Ltd

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

This was a record of an open preliminary hearing. The tribunal granted the claimant permission to add a disability-related harassment claim arising from an incident on 29 September 2021.

The tribunal also granted permission to add disability discrimination claims concerning the claimant's dismissal on 1 September 2021, namely alleged failure to make reasonable adjustments and/or alleged unfavourable treatment because of something arising in consequence of disability.

The tribunal dismissed the respondent's application to strike out the claimant's unlawful deductions from wages claim, and also dismissed the alternative application for a deposit order. No remedy or final merits determination is recorded in the judgment.

Claims and outcomes

3 findings recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Harassment	At an open preliminary hearing, the claimant was given permission to add a claim of harassment related to disability arising from the incident on 29 September 2021. The merits of the claim were not determined.	Other	Disability	—
Disability discrimination	The claimant was given permission to add claims that, in dismissing her on 1 September 2021, the respondent failed to make reasonable adjustments and/or subjected her to unfavourable treatment because of something arising in consequence of disability. The merits of these claims were not determined.	Other	Disability	—
Unlawful deduction from wages	The respondent's application to strike out the unlawful deduction from wages claim, and alternatively for a deposit order, was dismissed. The underlying claim was not finally adjudicated.	Other	—	—

Legal tests applied

3 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

Gov.uk primary record

The official judgment PDF on gov.uk contains the tribunal's outcome, reasoning, and any remedy details. Where this page does not yet show extracted outcomes for every claim, use the PDF as the authoritative source.

Published on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

How we got this data

Case essentials (reference, date, judge, venue, country, claim categories) are extracted from the structured metadata gov.uk publishes alongside each decision. Parties and monetary figures are extracted from the judgment PDF text. Key findings and per-claim outcomes require a second extraction pass that is not yet complete for this case — until then, the primary source linked above is the authoritative record. See full methodology.

Named in this case and want it removed? Submit a takedown request. The page will be withdrawn on receipt and the editor will follow up within five working days.