United Kingdom Case Law

Robinson v Harris & Ors (Discrimination; harassment; victimisation; barrister)

Robinson v Harris & Ors (Discrimination; harassment; victimisation; barrister) [2026] EAT 71 (12 May 2026)

The EAT dismissed a self-employed barrister’s appeal, holding that section 47 Equality Act 2010 was correctly treated as a jurisdictional gateway and that a stray reference to section 39 caused no error.

• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Victimisation
• Self-employed-barristers
• Jurisdiction-under-equality-act
• Equality-act-2010

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Anthony Noel Hosein (formerly Anthony Noel Egbert) (Appellant) v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

The Privy Council dismissed an appeal against striking out a constitutional claim brought 17 years after the alleged breaches, holding the delay inordinate and unexplained.

• Abuse-of-process
• Delay-in-constitutional-claims
• Discrimination
• Victimisation
• Equality-before-the-law
• Due-process

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Ikeji v Westminster City Council & Anor (Practice and procedure; costs; whether Tribunal erred in concluding that claimant had been dishonest about a fact central to his claim of victimisation)

Ikeji v Westminster City Council & Anor (Practice and procedure; costs; whether Tribunal erred in concluding that claimant had been dishonest about a fact central to his claim of victimisation) [2026] EAT 62 (21 April 2026)

The Employment Appeal Tribunal refused appeals against a costs order and reconsideration refusal, holding the tribunal was entitled to find the appellant had knowingly lied about his ORR employment status.

• Victimisation
• Costs
• Dishonesty
• Protected-acts
• Equality-act-2010
• Employment-law

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Matovu v The Chambers of Mr Martin Porter KC & Ors (Practice and Procedure)

Matovu v The Chambers of Mr Martin Porter KC & Ors (Practice and Procedure) [2026] EAT 36 (05 March 2026)

The Employment Appeal Tribunal allowed an appeal against case management decisions, holding that the judge wrongly refused an amendment and RFI, and that the overall conduct gave rise to apparent bias.

• Case-management
• Amendment-of-pleadings
• Apparent-bias
• Victimisation
• Race-discrimination
• Requests-for-further-information

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Fullah v Medical Research Council & Ors (Victimisation)

Fullah v Medical Research Council & Ors (Victimisation) [2026] EAT 28 (20 February 2026)

The EAT held that the Employment Tribunal failed to answer the remitted causation question in a victimisation claim and sent the case back again.

• Victimisation
• Protected-acts
• Causation
• Remittal-procedure
• Burden-of-proof
• Employment-law

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Ms E Roberts v Ms G Black and Mr G Edwards (England and Wales : Victimisation Discrimination)

Ms E Roberts v Ms G Black and Mr G Edwards (England and Wales : Victimisation Discrimination) [2026] UKET 6009117/2025 (20 February 2026)

The Employment Tribunal upheld Ms E Roberts’ victimisation claim under the Equality Act 2010, awarding compensation and ordering a written apology.

• Victimisation
• Workplace-discrimination
• Employment-tribunal
• Equality-act-2010

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Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC & Ors v Hassani (Whistleblowing; contracts of employment)

Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC & Ors v Hassani (Whistleblowing; contracts of employment) [2026] EAT 27 (11 February 2026)

The EAT held the claimant’s employment did not transfer from BMCE to the first respondent, set aside the unfair dismissal finding, and remitted the whistleblowing detriment claim.

• Whistleblowing
• Contracts-of-employment
• Sex-discrimination
• Race-discrimination
• Harassment
• Victimisation

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Nowak v Evtec Aluminium Ltd (Race Discrimination - Victimisation)

Nowak v Evtec Aluminium Ltd (Race Discrimination - Victimisation) [2026] EAT 26 (06 February 2026)

The Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed an appeal against findings rejecting race discrimination and victimisation claims and held there was no live Working Time Regulations complaint.

• Race-discrimination
• Victimisation
• Working-time-regulations
• Burden-of-proof
• Direct-discrimination
• Protected-acts

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Jones v VIIV Healthcare UK Ltd & Ors (RACE DISCRIMINATION; SEX DISCRIMINATION)

Jones v VIIV Healthcare UK Ltd & Ors (RACE DISCRIMINATION; SEX DISCRIMINATION) [2026] EAT 24 (30 January 2026)

The EAT dismissed an appeal in a race and sex discrimination case, holding that the tribunal correctly applied section 136 of the Equality Act 2010.

• Race-discrimination
• Sex-discrimination
• Victimisation
• Burden-of-proof
• Equality-act-2010
• Employment-appeal-tribunal

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Prasad v Epsom and St Helier Hospital NHS Trust & Anor (Whistleblowing, Protected Disclosures, Race and Sex Discrimination, Victimisation)

Prasad v Epsom and St Helier Hospital NHS Trust & Anor (Whistleblowing, Protected Disclosures, Race and Sex Discrimination, Victimisation) [2026] EAT 22 (29 January 2026)

The Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed an appeal against strike-out of a claim, holding that Claim 6 was clearly brought only against Jacqueline Totterdell, not the hospital trust.

• Whistleblowing
• Protected-disclosures
• Race-discrimination
• Sex-discrimination
• Victimisation
• Strike-out-procedure

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