Miss N Swanick v Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 2407131/2023
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Case No 2407131/2023
Between
Miss N SwanickClaimantLiverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustRespondent
Before
Employment Judge BensonIn person for claimantMr G Price - Counsel for respondentDate 20 June 2025
JUDGMENT
[1]The following complaints of breaches of the Equality Act 2010 are dismissed on withdrawal:(a) The complaint about the decision to suspend the claimant, and(b) The complaint about the decision to move her to a different site.[2]The remaining complaints are not affected by this judgment. Approved by: Regional Employment Judge Franey 24 January 2025 SENT TO THE PARTIES ON 3 February 2025 FOR THE TRIBUNAL OFFICE Case Number: 2407131/2023 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Miss N Swanick Respondent: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Heard at: Liverpool On: 2 3 4 & 5 June 2025. Before: Employment Judge Benson Ms M Plimley Ms B Robinson REPRESENTATION: Claimant: in person Respondent: Mr G Price - Counsel[1]The complaint of unfair dismissal is well-founded. The claimant was unfairly dismissed.[2]The complaint of direct sex discrimination is not well-founded and is dismissed.[3]The claimant caused or contributed to the dismissal by blameworthy conduct, and it is just and equitable to reduce both the basic and the compensatory awards payable to the claimant by 80%. The Tribunal declined to make any deduction based on the principles in Polkey v AE Dayton Services Ltd [1987] UKHL 8.[4]The respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant the following agreed sums:a. A basic award of £266.79b. A compensatory award of £4104.74 Case Number: 2407131/2023 2 Approved by: