Mr S Hamde First v DHL Services Ltd Second Respondent: Mr A Nash Third Respondent: Mr F Laino Fourth Respondent: Mrs A Paksztys Fifth Respondent: Mrs A Srodkowska Sixth Respondent: BHSF Group Ltd Seventh Respondent: Dr Lindsay Fawcett Eighth Respondent: Mr S Waugh Ninth Respondent: Mr J Anderson RECORD OF A PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING — 2024

Case reference: 3307260/2023
Decision date: 11 November 2024
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Conley Appearances
Venue: Cambridge ET

Indexed: 18 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Mr S Hamde First

Respondent

DHL Services Ltd Second Respondent: Mr A Nash Third Respondent: Mr F Laino Fourth Respondent: Mrs A Paksztys Fifth Respondent: Mrs A Srodkowska Sixth Respondent: BHSF Group Ltd Seventh Respondent: Dr Lindsay Fawcett Eighth Respondent: Mr S Waugh Ninth Respondent: Mr J Anderson RECORD OF A PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

At a public preliminary hearing, the tribunal made case management orders in a claim involving disability and race discrimination allegations. The claimant withdrew his claims against the seventh, eighth and ninth respondents, and the tribunal removed all respondents except DHL Services Ltd after DHL Services Ltd gave an assurance that it accepted vicarious liability for its employees' actions and would discharge any compensation award if claims were upheld.

The tribunal allowed the claimant to amend the List of Issues to add an allegation about a training scheme or safe system of work on 12 February 2024, treating it as fitting within the existing section 15 discrimination arising from disability claim. It struck out two disability harassment allegations because the connection with disability had not been established with clarity, but allowed a further disability harassment allegation concerning 25 November 2023 to continue.

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Disability discrimination	The tribunal allowed an amendment adding an allegation about a 12 February 2024 training scheme/safe system of work. It treated the facts as consistent with the claimant's section 15 discrimination arising from disability claim; no merits outcome was decided.	Other	Disability	—
Harassment	Paragraphs 11(a) and 11(b) of the List of Issues, described as a section 26 harassment related to disability claim, were struck out under rule 37 because the tribunal found no reasonable prospect of success.	Struck out	Disability	—
Harassment	Paragraph 11(c), concerning an alleged incident on 25 November 2023, was not struck out and was allowed to continue to the final hearing. No merits outcome was decided.	Other	Disability	—
Race discrimination	Paragraphs 23(a) and 23(b) of the race discrimination allegations were not struck out and no Deposit Orders were made; no merits outcome was decided.	Other	Race	—
Race discrimination	Paragraph 23(c), alleging that the respondent deliberately hid the claimant's medical records, was struck out because the tribunal struggled to find any basis for concluding that it was or could amount to race discrimination.	Struck out	Race	—
Other	The claimant withdrew his claims against the seventh, eighth and ninth respondents, and the claims against those respondents were dismissed upon withdrawal. The judgment does not identify the specific claim types withdrawn.	Withdrawn	—	—

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Key findings

Claims and outcomes

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