We resume.
J - I want to go back to parts of C's pleaded case. What is the act of indirect discrimination against the C and where do we see it.
NC - I say it is the state of affairs, that the R has adopted GI as it's institutional belief.
J - what is the act of indirect discrim
NC - I want to go to para 22, a person discriminates against another if it applies to her which is a PCP that is discriminatory, whether it is discriminatory is a matter of law. It applies it as an ongoing state of affairs. It is applies or would be applied to all members of
We expect to be reporting this morning from 10 am on a preliminary hearing in MacDonald (C) vs Public and Commercial Services Union (R). The R is seeking to strike out significant portions of C's claim.
A reminder to readers that our reporting should be considered as a whole. It is not a verbatim transcript of proceedings as we explain in our Substack as linked via our X bio. We report in good faith and make all efforts to ensure our output is fair and accurate.
The court is at present taking a short break, and we expect to resume about 3.45pm.
We are restarting.
J: Anything on Debique, NC?
NC: I think SC and I are agreed that it doesn't take us forward; group disadvantage in this case has been agreed, so we don't need to go there.
Good afternoon. This afternoon we will be tweeting the oral submissions by Counsel in the case at Employment Tribunal of LS vs NHS England.
There was no hearing this morning as the barristers were composing and exchanging their written submissions to the Court. This will be the last session of the public part of the hearing; the panel will spend Monday deliberating on the case.
We expect the afternoon session of Day 5 in LS vs NHSE to begin at 2 pm. It may be a short session. Our coverage of earlier sessions and background on the case can be found on our Substack here: open.substack.com/pub/tribunaltw…x.com/tribunaltweets…
Afternoon session is starting. J reminding attendees, no hot drinks allowed. Witness PM will resume.
J - SC you mentioned a floor plan?
SC - have one, sent to Cs team.
J - NC have you had a chance to speak to C's do you have further qs?
NC - I was perplexed because
I was nearer the end than I expected. I do have the floor plan.
J - Clerk, can you print off 4 copies? NC - would you like to look at it
NC - would like to take instruction quickly
J - apologies, everyone has to leave the room and the remote