Yong v. Croydon [2000] UKEAT 325_00_0410 (4 October 2000)
The appeal was dismissed because the Tribunal's findings that disciplinary proceedings were not motivated by race or victimisation were not perverse or erroneous in law; the Tribunal was entitled to accept or reject parts of the evidence and to make credibility findings as it did.
- Citation
- [2000] UKEAT 325_00_0410
- Parties
- Appellant: Mr Yong; First Respondent: London Borough of Croydon; Second Respondent: Mr Charli Coggrave
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Judgment Date
- 04 October 2000
- Procedural Posture
- Employment Appeal / Preliminary Hearing on Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Race Discrimination, Victimisation, Disciplinary Proceedings, Credibility of Witnesses, Error of Law, Perversity
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Parties
Mr Yong
Appellant
London Borough of Croydon
First Respondent
Mr Charli Coggrave
Second Respondent
Procedural Posture
Employment Appeal / Preliminary Hearing on Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the Employment Tribunal erred in law in finding no race discrimination or victimisation in disciplinary proceedings against the appellant in 1996 and 1998
- 2 Whether the Tribunal's findings on credibility and evidence were perverse
Ratio Decidendi
The appeal was dismissed because the Tribunal's findings that disciplinary proceedings were not motivated by race or victimisation were not perverse or erroneous in law; the Tribunal was entitled to accept or reject parts of the evidence and to make credibility findings as it did.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- No arguable error of law found; appeal dismissed.
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