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Case No: 2206858/2018 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Samira Ahmed Respondent: BBC Heard at: London Central On: 28 – 31 Oct, 1, 4 – 7 Nov 2019 1 – 2 Dec (in chambers) Before: Employment Judge H Grewal Mr S Godecharle and Mr P Secher Representation Claimant: Ms C Darwin, Counsel Respondent: Ms R Crasnow QC and Mr J Milford, Counsel JUDGMENT The unanimous judgment of the Tribunal is that by virtue of the sex equality clause the terms relating to pay in the Claimant’s contracts for presenting “Newswatch” from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2018 are modified so as not to be less favourable than the terms relating to pay in Jeremy Vine’s contracts for presenting “Points of View” from 2008 to July 2018 because: (i) Her work on “Newswatch” was like Jeremy Vine’s work on “Points of View” under section 65(1) of the Equality Act 2010; and (ii) The Respondent has not shown that the difference in pay was because of a material factor which did not involve subjecting the Claimant to sex discrimination (section 69(1) of Equality Act 2010). Case No: 2206858/2018 2 REASONS 1 In a claim form presented on 29 November 2018 the Claimant claimed that from October 2012 to date her work as presenter of Newswatch was equal to the work of Jeremy Vine as presenter of Points of View from 2008 to 2018 and that the sex equality clause should apply so as to modify any terms of her contracts that were less favourable than the terms of hi...