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1/ Ignore the headlines. An employment tribunal has *not* just decided that all ethical vegans are protected by the Equality Act 2010.
2/ First, I understand it was a concession by the employer. Mr Casamitjana's beliefs were wide and all-encompassing, and the employer (the League Against Cruel Sports) accepted his collection of beliefs, cumulatively, amounted to a philosophical belief.
3/ Accordingly, there has been NO FINDING by an employment tribunal, merely a judgment on a concession by the employer.
4/ Second, other ethical vegans will not have exactly the same set of beliefs as Mr Casamitjana. So even if there had been a finding in his favour, it does not guarantee a finding in favour of other ethical vegans.
5/ Third, as we all know, employment tribunal decisions are not binding on other employment tribunals (or, indeed, other employers).
6/ The employer has never seriously challenged that Mr Casamitjana had a protected belief. It is contesting his claim on quite different grounds, ie that he was dismissed for gross misconduct quite unrelated to ethical veganism. That issue remains to be decided by a tribunal.
7/ Addendum - I am now (very) reliably informed that the judge did not accept the concession and wanted to reach his own independent decision. So my first point is wrong. But points 2 + 3 hold good. Apparently full written reasons will be provided (usually 2+ months’ time).
8/ Addendum 2 - the full set of tribunal documents are now online, including the hearing bundle and the Claimant’s skeleton argument slatergordon.co.uk/media-centre/b…
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