Mr Mark Senior v Howard Tenens Logistics Limited — 2025

The Claimant, Mr Mark Senior, was employed by Howard Tenens Logistics Limited as an Operations Manager at its Tilbury site from 5 January 2007 until his dismissal on 14 June 2024. He brought two consolidated claims comprising complaints of direct race discrimination, victimisation and unfair dismissal, which were resisted in their entirety by the Respondent. The hearing was held over five days in December 2025 before Employment Judge S Povey sitting with Mrs M Legg and Mr L O'Callaghan.

The Tribunal held that the direct race discrimination complaints occurring before 15 November 2023, and the victimisation complaints occurring before 13 April 2024, were brought out of time. It concluded it was not just and equitable to extend time in either instance and accordingly had no jurisdiction to consider them. The remaining in-time direct race discrimination and victimisation complaints were considered on their merits and were not made out.

The complaint of unfair dismissal was also not made out and was dismissed. The Tribunal additionally refused, for reasons set out in an appendix, an outstanding application for specific disclosure made by the Claimant, on grounds of relevance and proportionality.