Medical Research Council & Others

Case Summary

The Employment Tribunal failed properly to determine the specific issue, about causation in a victimisation complaint, remitted to it from the EAT. The appeal is allowed and the matter is remitted to the Employment Tribunal again.

• •Victimisation

Judgment approved by the court for handing down Fullah v Medical Research Council & Ors. © EAT 2026 Page 1 [2026] EAT 28 Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EAT 28 Case No: EA-2022-001290-NK and EA-2023-001272-NK EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Rolls Building Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL Date: 20 February 2026 Before: HIS HONOUR JUDGE JAMES TAYLER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between: Mr H Fullah Appellant - and - (1) Medical Research Council (2) Professor Susan Gathercole (3) Mrs Michelle Barthelemy (4) Dr Tony Peatfield (5) Ms Julie Kemp Respondents - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Appellant in person Michael Salter (instructed by Evershed Sutherland International) for the Respondents Hearing date: 29 January 2026 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT Judgment approved by the court for handing down Fullah v Medical Research Council & Ors. © EAT 2026 Page 2 [2026] EAT 28 SUMMARY Victimisation The Employment Tribunal failed properly to determine the specific issue, about causation in a victimisation complaint, remitted to it from the EAT. The appeal is allowed and the matter is remitted to the Employment Tribunal again. The role of the Employment Tribunal on remission, briefly considered. Judgment approved by the court for handing down Fullah v Medical Research Council & Ors. © EAT 2026 Page 3 [2026] EAT 28 HIS HONOUR JUDGE JAMES TAYLER: Issue 1. The issue in this appeal is whether the Employment Tribunal properly determined the question remitted to it by the Employment Appeal Tribunal after a hearing before His Honour Judge Shanks on 24 June 2021. The Employment Tribunal was required to determine the issue of causation again in a complaint to victimisation. The judgment appealed 2. The appeal is from a judgment of the Employment…