Mr J Halley v Lord Carloway

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000275/2025 Held in Edinburgh [in Chambers] on 16 and 17 September 2025 Employment Judge L Doherty Mr J Halley Claimant Lord Carloway Respondent

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Judgment of the Employment Tribunal is that it does not have jurisdiction to consider the claim, it having been presented out with the statutory time limit in Section 123 of the Equality Act 2010.

REASONS

1. The claimant, an Advocate, who had been appointed as a part -time Sheriff, presented a claim on 3 February 2025 in which he complains that he was discriminated against contrary to Section 27 of the Equality Act 2010 (the EQA) by Lord Carloway, who until February 2025 held the office of Lord President. The protected act relied upon is the service of Employment Tribunal proceedings on Lady Smi...

2. A Preliminary Hearing (PH) for case management purposes took place in May