Google UK Limited and Others

Judgment approved by the court for handing down Mr R Frewer v Google UK Limited and others Page 1 [2022] EAT 34 © EAT 2022 Neutral Citation Number: [2022] EAT 34 Case No: EA-2021-000690-BA EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Rolls Building Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL Date: 17 March 2022 Before : HIS HONOUR JUDGE JAMES TAYLER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between : MR R FREWER Appellant - and - GOOGLE UK LIMITED AND OTHERS Respondents - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Richard O’Dair (instructed by Greenwoods GRM LLP) for the Appellant Talia Barsam (instructed by Lewis Silkin LLP) for the Respondents Hearing date: 23 February 2022 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT Judgment approved by the court for handing down Mr R Frewer v Google UK Limited and others Page 2 [2022] EAT 34 © EAT 2022 SUMMARY PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE The employment tribunal failed properly to consider the open justice principle, including the importance of naming names, in ordering the anonymisation of all clients of the first respondent and failed to apply the necessary step by step consideration of the application for redaction of documents described in the order as being “commercially sensitive” and “irrelevant”. The matter was remitted to the employment tribunal. Judgment approved by the court for handing down Mr R Frewer v Google UK Limited and others Page 3 [2022] EAT 34 © EAT 2022 HIS HONOUR JUDGE JAMES TAYLER: Introduction 1. The claimant commenced employment with the first respondent on 6 August 2007. By the time of his dismissal he was employed as Commercial Director - Trav…