Mr M Lees v BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) 5 Case No: 4103968/2024 (V) Held at Aberdeen on 5 August 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie 10 Mr Mark Lees Claimant In Person 15 20 BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd Respondent Represented by, Ms H Hogben, Counsel Instructed by, 25 Ms F Howlett, In-House Senior Counsel 30

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL 35 The Judgment of the Tribunal is that:- 1. the Tribunal has jurisdiction to consider the claimant’s disability discrimination claim; and 40 2. the case should proceed to a Preliminary Hearing.

E.T. Z4 (WR) S/4103968/2024 Page 2

REASONS Introduction 5 1. The claimant, Mark Lees, presented his ET1 claim form to the Tribunal on 3 March 2024. He intimated complaints of disability discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. The claim is denied in its entirety by the respondent. The respondent’s solicitor took a number of preliminary points including that the claim was time-barred. The case called before me by way of a Prel...

2. I heard evidence from Mr Lees and his wife, Mrs Nicola Lees. A Joint Bundle of documentary productions was submitted (“P”), along with Mr Lees’ G.P. 15 records.