Professor R Sheikholeslami v The University of Edinburgh

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102702/12 & 4107069/12 Held in Edinburgh on the 9 and 10 of March 2020 and the 21 April 2020 Employment Judge J Porter Tribunal Member Z Van Zwanenberg Tribunal Member R Duguid Professor R Sheikholeslami Claimant Represented by Mr S Gorton, Counsel University of Edinburgh Respondents Represented by Mr D Reade, Counsel Instructing Solicitor Mr P Brown

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL It is the judgment of the Employment Tribunal to order the respondents to make payment to the claimant of (i) the sum of £2,850 basic award and £312.50 compensatory award in respect of her claim for unfair dismissal; (ii) the sum of £8,241.52 gross in respect of the claimant’s claim of holiday pay; (iii) the sum of £2,000 with interest of £1,360 in respect of...

ETZ4(WR) 4102702/12 & 4107069/12 Page 2 NHS benefits plus interest in respect of her claim of discrimination arising from disability. The Tribunal makes no award in respect of the claimant’s claim for psychiatric injury.

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1. This case has considerable procedural history. By Judgments dated 15 March 2017 and 15 thMay 2019 (following a Judgment and remit from the EAT of 5 October 2018) the claimant’s claims of discrimination arising from disability, breach of duty to make reasonable adjustments and victimisation succeeded in part under the provisions of sections 15, 20, 21 and 27 of the Equality Act 2010. The clai...