Ibekwe v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: EAT 20 Nov 2014

EAT Victimisation Discrimination : Whistleblowing – One arguable ground of appeal relating to detrimental treatment on grounds of protected disclosure (Employment Rights Act, section 47B). Whether the Employment Tribunal properly applied burden of proof under section 48(2). Issue decided as a matter of fact (see Kuzel v Roche (CA)). No grounds for interference on appeal. The remaining grounds raised factual challenges not within Employment Appeal Tribunal jurisdiction).

Peter Clark HHJ
[2014] UKEAT 0072 – 14 – 0211, [2014] UKEAT 0072 – 14 – 2011)
Bailii, Bailii
England and Wales

Employment, Discrimination

Updated: 24 December 2021; Ref: scu.539302