Claimant v Binary.ai Ltd
Outcome
Individual claims
The tribunal rejected the claimant's complaints of direct race discrimination after a three-day full merits hearing. The tribunal found that the claimant had not established facts from which discrimination could be inferred or that the treatment complained of was because of race.
The tribunal dismissed the claimant's complaints of indirect race discrimination following the full merits hearing. The claimant failed to establish that a provision, criterion or practice put persons of her racial group at a particular disadvantage or that she suffered that disadvantage.
Facts
Ms T Xu brought claims of direct and indirect race discrimination against her employer Binary.ai Ltd, a technology company, and James Patrick-Evans as second respondent. The case was heard over three days at London Central Employment Tribunal. Both parties were represented by counsel.
Decision
The tribunal dismissed both the direct and indirect race discrimination claims after a full merits hearing. The claimant failed to establish facts from which discrimination could be inferred and did not demonstrate that the treatment complained of was because of race or that any provision, criterion or practice disadvantaged persons of her racial group.
Practical note
Race discrimination claims require the claimant to establish a prima facie case by proving facts from which discrimination can be inferred before the burden shifts to the employer to provide a non-discriminatory explanation.
Legal authorities cited
Statutes
Case details
- Case number
- 2216118/2024
- Decision date
- 21 February 2025
- Hearing type
- full merits
- Hearing days
- 3
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Name
- Binary.ai Ltd
- Sector
- technology
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- barrister
Claimant representation
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- barrister