Case 3201323/2018 · Employment Tribunal

Ms L Morris v London Borough of Hackney — 2019

Case reference: 3201323/2018
Decision date: 21 February 2019
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Barrowclough Representation
Venue: East London Hearing Centre

Indexed: 19 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Ms L Morris

Respondent

London Borough of Hackney

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

At an open preliminary hearing, the Tribunal struck out a series of complaints as having no reasonable prospects of success under rule 37(1)(a). Those included alleged breaches of the public sector equality duty, health and safety legislation, human rights provisions, the ACAS Code, s.45A Employment Rights Act 1996, ss.10 and 12 Employment Rights Act 1999, pregnancy discrimination and related detriment, s.94 National Minimum Wage Act 1998, and disability discrimination relating to dyslexia and alleged failures to support training requests in 2010 and/or 2016.

The Tribunal did not finally determine the remaining complaints. It ordered that the complaints of disability discrimination because of or arising from neuralgia or hypersensitivity of the nervous system, together with the issue of whether those complaints were out of time, should proceed to a full merits hearing. The complaint of unfair dismissal was also to proceed to that hearing.

Case management orders were made to define the issues, address any expert evidence application, exchange documents, prepare the hearing bundle, exchange witness statements, and serve a schedule of loss. No compensation or other monetary remedy was awarded in this judgment; the reference to £1,000 concerned a possible fine for non-compliance with an order, not an award to a party.

Claims and outcomes

11 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
Other	Complaint of breach of the public sector equality duty under s.149 Equality Act 2010 struck out as having no reasonable prospects of success.	Struck out	—	—
Other	Complaint of breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 struck out as having no reasonable prospects of success.	Struck out	—	—
Other	Complaint concerning an asserted right to full development of human potential and sense of dignity under Article 24A European Convention on Human Rights struck out as having no reasonable prospects of success.	Struck out	—	—
Other	Complaint of breach of the ACAS Code of Practice struck out as having no reasonable prospects of success.	Struck out	—	—
Working time regulations	Complaint of detrimental treatment in breach of s.45A Employment Rights Act 1996 struck out as having no reasonable prospects of success.	Struck out	—	—
Other	Complaints of breaches of ss.10 and 12 Employment Rights Act 1999 struck out as having no reasonable prospects of success.

Legal tests applied

2 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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