Sky Subscribers Services Ltd

ETZ4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) 5 Case No: 8000870/2024 Hearing Held by CVP on 15 January 2025 10 Employment Judge O’Donnell 15 Mr I Coyle Claimant In Person 20 Sky Subscribers Services Limited Respondent Represented by: Ms Winfield (paralegal) 25 30 JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The judgment of the Employment Tribunal, given orally at the hearing, is that the claimant’s application to amend is allowed. REASONS 1. The claimant has brought complaints of unfair dismissal and public interest 35 disclosure detriments under the Employment Rights Act 1996 as well as various claims of discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 relying on the protected characteristic of disability. 8000870/24 Page 2 2. The present hearing was listed to deal with a defence of time bar raised by the respondent in respect of the discrimination claims. This was on the basis that the ET1 claim form was not lodged at the Tribunal within three months of the date of the acts of discrimination relied on by the claimant. In particular, 5 it is said by the respondent that the dates of the acts of alleged discrimination provided in the further particulars lodged by the claimant were in 2022 and 2023 with the claim being lodged in 2024. 3. The claimant’s primary position is that the earlier allegations of discrimination 10 form an act continuing over a period culminating in his dismissal on 5 February 2024. There is no question that the ET1 was lodged timeously if dismissal was the act giving rise to the claim (for example, no issue of time bar is raised in respect of the unfair dismissal claim). In reply to the claimant’s position, the respondent argued that the claimant had not 15 advanced any claim that his dismissal was an act of discrimination. 4. At the outset of the h...