Miss A Boston-Smith v TAAE Management Ltd

Case Number: 2501626/2021

THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant Miss Abigail Boston-Smith Respondent TAAE Management Limited Heard at Newcastle upon Tyne Hearing Centre (via CVP video link) On 13-15 March 2023 (deliberations in chambers on 18 May 2023 & 14 July 2023) Before Employment Judge Langridge Members Mr G Baines Ms J Johnson Representation: Claimant In person Respondent Mr R Ryan, counsel

JUDGMENT (1) The claimant's claims of sex discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 are not well-founded and are dismissed.

REASONS Introduction

1. This claim was based on several allegations of pregnancy discrimination, mostly arising in the period between May and July 2021, by which time the claimant was absent from work on long term sick leave. The allegations relate to several comments or actions attributed to the claimant's managers in the early stages of 1 Case Number: 2501626/2021 her pregnancy, the most serious of which was the ...