Case 3202544/2021 · Employment Tribunal

Mr L Stone v Regent Office Care Limited t/a Samsic UK & JPC by Samsic and 5 others — 2024

Case reference: 3202544/2021
Decision date: 21 November 2024
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Park Members
Venue: East London Hearing Centre
Panel members: Mr J Webb, Professor J Ukemenam

Indexed: 17 May 2026

Parties

7 named

Claimant

Mr L Stone

Respondents

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The tribunal found that the claimant's ordinary unfair dismissal claim succeeded. It concluded that the dismissal was both substantively and procedurally unfair, and that the first respondent had already decided that termination was ultimately what would happen as early as February 2021, with later process steps not being genuine proposals.

Some Equality Act claims succeeded. The tribunal upheld victimisation complaints concerning the 25 February 2021 decision to proceed with an SOSR dismissal, the 26 April 2021 return to work interview, and the 30 July 2021 dismissal. It also upheld some failure to make reasonable adjustments complaints concerning delay in dealing with suspensions and failures to allow a companion at specified meetings.

The tribunal dismissed the remaining claims for automatic unfair dismissal due to whistleblowing, direct disability discrimination, other reasonable adjustment complaints, harassment related to disability, other victimisation complaints, whistleblowing detriment, breach of contract, and holiday pay. Remedy was deferred to a separate hearing, and the judgment records no award figures.

Claims and outcomes

9 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
Unfair dismissal	The tribunal held that the claimant was unfairly dismissed and that the ordinary unfair dismissal claim succeeded.	Upheld	—	—
Whistleblowing	The claims for automatic unfair dismissal due to whistleblowing and whistleblowing detriment were dismissed.	Dismissed	—	—
Disability discrimination	Direct disability discrimination was dismissed, including the distinct sick pay direct discrimination complaint described in the additional claims section.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Disability discrimination	Some failure to make reasonable adjustments complaints succeeded: dealing with suspensions too slowly and failing to give the outcome in reasonable time, not allowing a companion at mediation meetings on 3 and 4 March 2021, and not allowing a companion at the head office meeting on 26 April 2021. Other reasonable adjustments complaints were dismissed.	Upheld	Disability	—
Harassment	Harassment related to disability was dismissed.	Dismissed	Disability	—

Legal tests applied

9 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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