Case 6010936/2024 · Employment Tribunal
Sara Ibrahim v London Borough of Ealing — 2025
- Case reference
- 6010936/2024
- Decision date
- 2 December 2025
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Jack
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Sara Ibrahim
Respondent
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningBy a case management order dated 21 August 2025, approved by Employment Judge Jack and sent to the parties on 2 December 2025, the tribunal ruled on the scope of the existing claim. It held that the pregnancy or maternity discrimination claim was within scope and would proceed to trial. The order identified the relevant factual allegations as allegation 2 (second paragraph only, concerning the failure to carry out a risk assessment), allegations 10, 12, 13, 19 insofar as they concerned the questioning of the claimant's qualifications by Lorna Gichang, allegations 20, 24, 29, 30 and 31 insofar as they concerned the claimant saying she was sick, TOIL being cancelled and pay being withheld, and allegation 34.
The tribunal also held that the claim of harassment related to sex was within scope and would proceed to trial. The same group of allegations was identified as relevant to that claim, with the same limitations on allegations 19 and 31.
The application to amend the claim to add indirect sex discrimination, victimisation and breach of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 was refused, and the tribunal held that all other factual allegations on the claimant's schedule were not within the scope of the existing claim. The judgment records no merits findings and no remedy.
Claims and outcomes
5 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pregnancy and maternity discrimination | Held within the scope of the existing claim and allowed to proceed to trial. The order identified allegations 2 (second paragraph only, concerning the failure to carry out a risk assessment), 10, 12, 13, 19 (to the extent it concerned questioning the claimant's qualifications by Lorna Gichang), 20, 24, 29, 30, 31 (to the extent it concerned the claimant saying she was sick, TOIL being cancelled and pay being withheld), and 34. | Other | Pregnancy and maternity | — |
| Harassment | Harassment related to sex was held within the scope of the existing claim and allowed to proceed to trial. The order identified allegations 2 (second paragraph only), 13, 19 (to the extent it concerned questioning the claimant's qualifications by Lorna Gichang), 20, 24, 29, 30, 31 (to the extent it concerned the claimant saying she was sick, TOIL being cancelled and pay being withheld), and 34. | Other | Sex | — |
| Sex discrimination | Indirect sex discrimination was held not to be within the scope of the existing claim, and the application to amend the claim so as to add it was refused. | Other | Sex | — |
| Victimisation | Held not to be within the scope of the existing claim, and the application to amend the claim so as to add it was refused. | Other | — | — |
| Agency worker regulations | Breach of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 was held not to be within the scope of the existing claim, and the application to amend the claim so as to add it was refused. | Other |
Official outcome judgment PDF
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