Miss V Abbas v ISS Facility Services Limited — 2025

The claimant withdrew her harassment claims related to race and/or sex after a deposit order had been made in relation to those claims. The Tribunal dismissed those withdrawn claims under rule 51 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024. The judgment also recorded that earlier claims described as data breach and whistleblowing had already been withdrawn, with the whistleblowing claim dismissed on 11 June 2025.

The Tribunal considered whether any victimisation claim remained live. It found that no victimisation claim had been made in the original claim form, at the preliminary hearing, or by any later application to amend. The judge did not accept the claimant's explanation that referring to victimisation in an agenda document was sufficient to bring such a claim.

The Tribunal stated that even if a victimisation claim had existed, it would have had no prospects of success because the claimant had not set out the necessary constituent elements. In relation to the first respondent, the Tribunal also considered that any such claim would fall to be struck out on the basis of judicial proceedings immunity. With no remaining claims before it, the Tribunal dismissed the claim in its entirety.