Mr C Luk v Jhoots Medipharma Ltd and others: 2413144/2023
JUDGMENT
[1]UPON HEARING the claimant and considering his witness statement dated 27 November 2024 and the bundle of documents provided, THERE BEING NO RESPONSES having been presented from any of the three respondents herein, pursuant to Rule 21 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure, Schedule 1 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution & Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013,[2]JUDGMENT IS GIVEN as folllows. The second respondent (Mr Mohammed Naheem) is dismissed from these proceedings. The third respondent (Ms Mahera Kola) harrassed the claimant on the grounds of his race, in breach of s26 Equality Act 2010, on 5 July 2023 in respect of two comments made via WhatsApp. The first respondent is liable for the racial harassement of the third respondent. The first respondent’s employee, Ms Fatima Patel, victimised the claimant by removing him from the WhatsApp group following his compaint of race discrimination. The first and third respondents are ordered to pay the claimant compensation awarded for injury to feeling in the total amount of £7,000 (seven thousand pounds). The claimant is not entitled to double recovery. The first respondent is liable for the total compensation. The third respondent is jointly and severally liable for up to £5,000 of the total compensation.