Mr D Sookur v Highland Coaches Ltd and N M Maran

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000921/2024 Held in Glasgow via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on 24, 27 – 31 October 2025 Employment Judge Murphy Tribunal Member I Ashraf Tribunal Member J McCaig Mr D Sookur Claimant In Person Highland Coaches Limited Respondent Represented by: Ms L Halsall - Counsel Nesamani Muthu Maran Respondent Represented by: Ms L Halsall - Counsel

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The unanimous judgment of the Tribunal is that: In Summary:

1. All of the claimant’s complaints against R1 and R2 are dismissed except the complaint that R1 made an unauthorised deduction from wages in respect of a failure to pay in lieu of accrued untaken holiday on termination which succeeds to the extent of 5 days’ accrued annual leave only (as set out in paragraph [12] below). In detail:

2. The Tribunal lacks jurisdiction to hear the following complaints of direct race discrimination under section 13 of the Equality Act 2010 (EA) which were not brought within the time limit in section 123 of EA. These complaints are, therefore, dismissed for lack of jurisdiction: 8000921/2024 Page 2 a. the complaint that from November 2022, R1 excluded C from operational management decisions at...

3. The following further complaints of direct race discrimination under section 13 of EA are not well founded and are dismissed: a. the complaint that between January and March 2024, R1 failed to pool the claimant’s role and the CGM role together during the redundancy process; b. the complaint that R1 dismissed the claimant; and c. the complaint that R1 pre-determined the outcome of the claiman...