Mr S Matthews v Respondent — 2020

Case reference: 2502081/2020
Decision date: 22 December 2020
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Johnson Date

Indexed: 23 May 2026

Parties

1 named

Claimant

Mr S Matthews

Respondent

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The respondent failed to present a response, and the Employment Judge entered a default judgment on liability only on the information before the tribunal. The judgment records that the claimant's complaints of sex discrimination, being subjected to detriment for making protected disclosures, and discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation were all well-founded and all succeeded.

The judgment does not record any remedy determination. It states that the hearing listed for 27 January 2021 was to be converted to a remedy hearing, so the decision extracted here is limited to liability and does not contain any monetary award.

Claims and outcomes

3 findings recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Sex discrimination	Liability only default judgment; no remedy amount recorded in this judgment.	Upheld	Sex	—
Whistleblowing	Recorded as being subjected to detriment for making protected disclosures; liability only default judgment.	Upheld	—	—
Sexual orientation discrimination	Liability only default judgment; no remedy amount recorded in this judgment.	Upheld	Sexual orientation	—

Official outcome judgment PDF

Gov.uk primary record

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