Case 3207431/2021 · Employment Tribunal

Ms Rita Modza v London Borough of Tower Hamlets — 2021

Case reference: 3207431/2021
Decision date: 18 October 2021
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Crossfill
Venue: East London ET
Panel members: Ms S Harwood, Mr S Woodhouse

Indexed: 18 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Ms Rita Modza

Respondent

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The claimant brought complaints including failure to make reasonable adjustments, direct disability discrimination and victimisation. The judgment records that claims of race discrimination, harassment and discrimination arising from disability were dismissed upon withdrawal by the claimant.

The tribunal dismissed the reasonable adjustment and direct disability discrimination complaints. It upheld one victimisation complaint, finding in favour of the claimant on the allegation that the respondent moved the claimant and her team because of the grievance submitted on 18 October 2021, while dismissing the other victimisation complaints.

The judgment ordered that the matter would be listed for a one-day remedy hearing. The truncated text provided does not contain any remedy award or monetary breakdown.

Claims and outcomes

7 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	Failure to make reasonable adjustments claim dismissed.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Disability discrimination	Direct disability discrimination claim dismissed.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Victimisation	Victimisation claim upheld only in relation to whether the respondent moved the claimant and her team because of the grievance submitted on 18 October 2021.	Upheld	—	—
Victimisation	Other victimisation complaints were dismissed.	Dismissed	—	—
Race discrimination	Race discrimination claim dismissed upon withdrawal by the claimant.	Withdrawn	Race	—
Harassment	Harassment claim dismissed upon withdrawal by the claimant; the protected characteristic is not clear from the truncated text.	Withdrawn	—	—

Legal tests applied

6 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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