Ms J Linford, Counsel For the v P, in person — 2022

All of the claims were brought within the applicable three-month time limit, so the tribunal held that it had jurisdiction to hear the unfair dismissal claim under s98 Employment Rights Act 1996, the direct sex discrimination claim under s13 Equality Act 2010, the harassment claim under s26 Equality Act, and the unpaid holiday pay claim. It held that the claims succeeded overall.

The tribunal nevertheless found that the claimant's dismissal was not itself an act of direct discrimination or harassment. It upheld the unfair dismissal claim on the basis that the dismissal was procedurally unfair, but recorded that the claimant had received a statutory redundancy payment and had suffered no financial loss from the dismissal.

On remedy, the tribunal awarded £300 for loss of statutory rights in the unfair dismissal claim, £30,000 for injury to feelings in the Equality Act claims, including £5,000 for aggravated damages, interest on the injury to feelings award from 17 March 2019 to 17 March 2022 at 3% per annum amounting to £2,702.47, and £341.10 for accrued holiday pay. The total award was £33,343.57 payable immediately, and the tribunal also made a recommendation under s124(3) Equality Act that the second respondent remove any images of the claimant from his phone or other storage medium.