In person. For the v Respondent — 2021

The tribunal held an open preliminary hearing to consider whether to strike out the claimant's race discrimination claim and a possible public interest disclosure claim, and whether to make a deposit order. It referred to rule 37 and rule 39, and to Chandhok v Tirkey, but concluded that the claims had no reasonable prospect of success. The tribunal also noted that events before 28-29 July 2018 were out of time if they were single, unconnected acts.

The claimant had filed a lengthy particulars document and later further material spanning many years, but the tribunal found the allegations were mostly vague, lacked particularisation, and did not sufficiently connect the complained-of treatment to race. It said the claimant had still not advanced an arguable case of discrimination, and that the nearest he came to a race link was by assertion rather than evidence. The tribunal also recorded that the claimant's own summary referred to a decade of discrimination, but said that was not enough to establish a prima facie case.

The tribunal therefore dismissed both the race discrimination claim and the public interest disclosure claim. It vacated the 10-day merits hearing listed for 31 January 2021.