G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Ltd

Case Summary

The claimant's discrimination, harassment and victimisation claims were dismissed following a three-day hearing. The respondent applied for a costs order, arguing the claimant acted unreasonably in pursuing claims with no reasonable prospect of success after receiving a costs warning email four days before trial. The tribunal awarded £3,500 in costs against the claimant, having regard to his limited financial means (take-home pay £1,750 pcm, debts £90k), but finding his decision to proceed was objectively unreasonable.

The tribunal found that the claimant's claims lacked the 'something more' beyond bare difference in status and treatment required to sustain discrimination complaints, and that a reasonable person in the claimant's position would have recognised these evident flaws when responding to the respondent's costs warning email on 15 May 2026. Despite being a litigant in person with limited financial means, the claimant unreasonably proceeded to a three-day hearing, thereby putting the respondent to unnecessary cost.

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• •Whether claimant acted unreasonably in pursuing claims with no reasonable prospect of success
• •Whether costs order should be made under Rule 74(2) of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024
• •Discrimination and harassment claims lacking sufficient evidence of 'something more' beyond difference in status and treatment
• •Claimant's financial means and ability to pay

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