Case 2412198/2023 · Employment Tribunal

Mr J Bonnsain v Barclays Bank UK plc — 2026

Case reference: 2412198/2023
Decision date: 13 March 2026
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge McDonald
Venue: Manchester
Panel members: Ms K Fulton, Ms P Owen

Indexed: 17 August 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Mr J Bonnsain

Respondent

Barclays Bank UK plc

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The Tribunal dismissed on withdrawal several disability complaints. These comprised complaints at 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 of unfavourable treatment because of something arising in consequence of disability; the appointment or promotion test part of 7.2.3; reasonable-adjustment complaints concerning the PCPs at 8.1.1, 8.1.3 and 8.1.4; the appointment or promotion test part of PCP 8.1.5; and the auxiliary-aid complaint at 8.6. The parts of 7.2.3 and 8.1.5 concerning mandatory training were not withdrawn.

The Tribunal held that all other complaints failed and dismissed them. This included the remaining mandatory-training parts of 7.2.3 and 8.1.5. The written judgment does not identify the other complaints by legal type or give the reasons why they failed; summary reasons were given orally at the hearing. No monetary award or other remedy was recorded.

Claims and outcomes

3 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	Covers the complaints at 7.2.1 and 7.2.2; the appointment or promotion test part of 7.2.3; the PCPs at 8.1.1, 8.1.3 and 8.1.4; the appointment or promotion test part of PCP 8.1.5; and the auxiliary-aid complaint at 8.6. The judgment describes these complaints as dismissed on withdrawal.	Withdrawn	Disability	—
Disability discrimination	Covers at least the mandatory-training parts of complaints 7.2.3 and 8.1.5, which were expressly excluded from the withdrawals and fell within the ruling that all other complaints failed and were dismissed.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Other	Paragraph 6 states that all other complaints failed and were dismissed but does not identify their legal types.	Dismissed	—	—

Official outcome judgment PDF

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