Miss T Alabi v HMRC: 2302002/2021
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 28 July 2024 |
| Date | 28 July 2024 |
| Published date | 05 April 2023 |
| Court | Employment Tribunal |
| Citation | 2302002/2021 |
Case Number:2302002/2021 1
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Miss Theresa Alabi Respondent: HMRC CLOSED PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard at London South: by CVP On: 15 March 2023 Before: Employment Judge Truscott KC (sitting alone)
Appearances
For the Claimant: In person (by telephone)
For the Respondent: Mr A Bershadski of Counsel JUDGMENT on PRELIMINARY HEARING 1. The application for an anonymity order is refused
2. The application for disclosure was not adjudicated upon at this time.
3. The remaining applications were not adjudicated upon at this time.
REASONS
Preliminary
1. This Preliminary Hearing was listed at the request of the claimant as:
1.1 The claimant sought specific disclosure of certain documents. The respondent has responded to those requests in a detailed letter dated 16 January 2023.
1.2 The claimant sought an anonymity order.
1.3 The claimant sought unspecified orders regarding what she says is late exchange of witness evidence by the Respondent.
1.4 The claimant sought to add an additional respondent.
1.5 The claimant sought an order for a cast list.
2. The Tribunal received submissions from the claimant and the respondent. A bundle of documents running to 711 pages was provided to the Tribunal but [parties were agreed that it was not intended that it should be referred to at this hearing.
Case Number:2302002/2021 2
3. In relation to the anonymity order, the claimant set out her position in an email to the Tribunal dated 11 January which she summarised in an email dated 7 March,
as follows:
1. Her work involves direct and indirect contact with the public. Some work duties can involve members of the public who are involved in criminal activity.
2. She has additional need given her mobility issues, which affect her daily activities.
3. She has recently been subject to another breach of her own private and confidential information by the respondent. Although she spoke with the respondent emphasising objections to the breach, the respondent did not protect her from the consequences of the breach and victimisation.
4. She emphasised that she had a right to individual privacy. She is a public facing civil servant. She made a number of complaints that the respondent had breached her confidentiality. She sought that her name and all personal information be withheld from all areas of the public domain, from all publishing platforms and from all online documents in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and the world. The respondent said that it had...
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