UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd

Judgment approved by the court for a hand down Gad v UK Power Networks (Operations) Limited © EAT 2025 Page 1 [2025] EAT 84 Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EAT 84 Case No: EA-2023-000080-DXA EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Rolls Building Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL Date: 10 June 2025 Before : HIS HONOUR JUDGE JAMES TAYLER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between : MR KWABLA GAD Appellant - and – UK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LTD Respondent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ANTHONY KORN (instructed by Chancery West Law Solicitors) for the Appellant JOHN-PAUL WAITE (instructed by UK Power Networks (Operations) Limited) for the Respondent Hearing date: 20 May 2025 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT Judgment approved by the court for a hand down Gad v UK Power Networks (Operations) Limited © EAT 2025 Page 2 [2025] EAT 84 SUMMARY RACE VICTIMISATION The Employment Tribunal did not err in law in dismissing a complaint of victimisation. Judgment approved by the court for a hand down Gad v UK Power Networks (Operations) Limited © EAT 2025 Page 3 [2025] EAT 84 HIS HONOUR JUDGE JAMES TAYLER The Issue 1. This appeal raises the question of whether the Employment Tribunal should have inferred victimisation because of what was said about matters including “scars” left by a previous Employment Tribunal claim in an email, that was not relied on as a protected act or a detriment subject of a specific complaint, but was said to be of evidential significance. The Employment Tribunal Judgment 2. This appeal is against a judgment of the Employment Tribunal, Employment Judge King sitting with members, after a hearing from 10 to14 October 2022. The judgment was sent to the parties on 23 December 2022. 3. The respondent is responsible for the physical distribution o…