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ukrfeminism · 7 months ago

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Five women have accused a judge of bullying and sexist behaviour during employment tribunal hearings.

One woman told BBC News Judge Philip Lancaster had shouted at her at least 16 times, while another said she feared for any woman appearing before him.

The women, who encountered him in separate cases, said they wanted to highlight his "degrading behaviour".

Mr Lancaster has not responded to questions from the BBC.

All the women we have spoken to lost cases heard in Leeds in front of Judge Lancaster, although some of them have been fully or partially successful on appeal.

Employment tribunals are specialist courts that rule on disputes between employers and employees. There are about 30,000 hearings in England, Scotland and Wales each year, centring around issues such as unfair dismissal, discrimination or redundancy payments. Northern Ireland has a separate system.

Dr Hinaa Toheed, a GP, appeared before Judge Lancaster at an employment tribunal in February 2022, while bringing a case of maternity discrimination against her former business partner.

She says that on the first morning of her hearing the judge described her case as an "omnishambles".

Dr Toheed says as soon as she started giving evidence, the judge took over cross-examining her from the barrister representing her former partner, and tried to bully her into conceding points that supported the other side's case.

"If I didn't agree with anything that he said, he would shout at me," she says.

At the end of the first day, Dr Toheed's legal team became concerned that Judge Lancaster was behaving in an intimidating and aggressive manner towards her.

They noted down each time he shouted at Dr Toheed while she was giving evidence, counting 16 separate occasions over three days.

Dr Toheed says that her lawyers considered asking the judge to stand down from the case but concluded that such a move would almost certainly be unsuccessful and might well simply antagonise him further.

She lost her case but is appealing against the tribunal's findings.

Dr Toheed complained to the Courts and Tribunal Judiciary about Judge Lancaster, accusing him of "an inappropriately hostile attitude" towards her.

Her complaint was considered by a higher judge, Stuart Robertson, in 2022, but his conclusion is being kept "in abeyance" [on hold] until Dr Toheed's appeal is decided.

Judge Robertson justified his decision on the grounds that her complaint covered similar points to her appeal and he wished to "avoid possible embarrassment" to the employment tribunal process.

"It seems like the bigger concern is how this looks for the judiciary, than actually dealing with Judge Lancaster's conduct," says Dr Toheed.

Nine months earlier, a woman called Andra had appeared before Judge Lancaster to represent her partner, Ion Ionel, a joiner from Romania. He had brought a case of racial discrimination against the construction company he worked for.

Although she was not legally trained, Andra, who is also Romanian, said she had prepared extensively for the hearing.

She says Judge Lancaster appeared irritated from the start of the hearing and shouted at both her and her partner on multiple occasions.

"I don't think I've ever been treated like that in my life," she says.

"He literally interrupted me whenever I was asking any questions, saying it's either irrelevant, or I shouldn't ask this today, I should put it to another witness, not this witness. And then when we got to the other witness, he would say: 'Why didn't you ask the other witness yesterday?'"

Mr Ionel lost his case but successfully appealed against the ruling.

An appeal tribunal said that there had been "serious material procedural irregularities" during the hearing, including "a significant number of occasions when the judge intervened to prevent questioning of the respondent's witnesses".

A new hearing - in front of a different judge - has been scheduled for September. Meanwhile, Andra still wants action taken against Judge Lancaster: "What he put us through was horrible, really horrible."

Since November 2023, audio from employment tribunal cases has been routinely recorded in England and Wales.

But at the time these cases were brought (between 2018 and 2022), the judge's written notes of proceedings were treated as the official court record of employment tribunal hearings.

The lack of independent evidence, say the women, means it is difficult to have complaints against judges upheld.

Even now, there are strict guidelines on accessing the recordings - claimants must be accompanied by a court official on court premises.

However, one case heard by Judge Lancaster received publicity in the press. In 2021, Alison McDermott, an HR consultant, brought a high-profile case against Sellafield, the nuclear waste disposal and reprocessing company in Cumbria.

News reports referred to criticisms she made of Judge Lancaster. Ms McDermott says he yelled at her and made "sneering" comments about her earnings.

"I think it mattered hugely that I was a woman," she says. "For some reason, he had a real problem with the fact that I was a well-paid professional woman."

Ms McDermott lost her case, although an appeal judge found there had been errors in her tribunal and she won some minor concessions. A separate hearing is deciding if she is liable for costs.

Her story served as a rallying point for complaints against Judge Lancaster in particular, and the employment tribunal system in general.

BBC News has spoken to two other women who approached Ms McDermott after her case, who had also complained about the judge:

A nurse, who brought a case against an NHS trust in 2021 claims he showed "extreme bias" towards her employer's witnesses, and says he bullied her and "raised his voice angrily" - she lost the case but was partially successful on appeal

In 2018, a woman who lost a case brought before Judge Lancaster alleges that his behaviour was "erratic, illogical, aggressive" and "profoundly disturbing"

"On the one hand, it's affirming," says Ms McDermott. "On the other hand, it's really upsetting to hear that more women have been abused."

Judge Lancaster, who has been an employment tribunal judge since 2007, declined to comment when approached by the BBC.

In a statement, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary said it could not provide comment in response to any conduct allegations.

It also said they could not provide a figure for the number of complaints that had been made against Judge Lancaster, as such information is confidential.

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whatdoesshedotothem · 2 years ago

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windy and occasionally small rainy morning breakfast at 9 ½ in about ¾ hour – then upstairs in the west tower musing and trying the bookshelves till near 12 – then ¼ hour with A- all in tears about Mrs. Briggs having been here Oddy had told her that she or the daughter had said when here before that if Mr. Wright knew how she was behaved to he would fetch her away A- would never have asked her to come a second but when I told her of her consent and even approval said if I could think of such a thing as asking she (A-) could not refuse and then she cried again saying I had no confidence in her etc. etc. poor thing how miserable she makes herself she alluded to alterations at Cliff this morning at breakfast her aunt had better live a little longer? I cannot help fancying that if A- lives long we shall part before our lives end meant to have written to Lady S- this morning but stood musing in the west tower – at 12 ½ began a letter to Lady S- ‘Shibden hall – Sunday 3 December 1838. I can hardly believe, dearest Lady Stuart, that is a week today since our leaving London – we felt crowded and uncomfortable in a strange carriage which, tho’ the largest for our purpose that and best Pearce had, was far from being as roomy and convenient as the grande diligence de madame which you yourself used to admire for its comfort, if not for its beauty during our nice tour in Belgium – we found the roads wet during Sunday, and did not get farther than Stevenage, where it began to freeze, and make us sensible that we were travelling in the wrong direction – on Monday the roads were quite dry and hard, and we rolled along at something more than eight miles an hour to Grantham to sleep, one of the most comfortable sleeping houses in England – It is worthwhile to stop late or early for a good homelike nights’ rest at this Inn which was quite full, tho’ there was very little posting on the road, and we ourselves had only met one private carriage – the influence of the railroad is already felt – what will it be by and by, when even such old-fashioned-going people as I begin to follow in the train? – Posting will be knocked up – and we shall do all by steam from carrying ourselves down to boiling our potatoes – But they must have coal to have steam – and that perhaps may benefit you and me! – Let us at least

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hope that some good may come out of every great change that we are at present undergoing – It was by darkened moonlight, and in a snow storm that we reached Leeds – we should have taken fright, and put up for the night, had we not been within fourteen miles of home, where we arrived in 3 hours about eleven (at night9 benumbed and thankful – From here written on the 1p. and ends of envelope alternate thaw and frost had made the roads like grass, one off-wheel at last fell, and we were far a minute or 2 in doubt whether the poor horse would strangle himself or throw us over the precipice – our people were glad to see us safe housed, tho’ we had brought neither man nor maid to lighten the extra trouble we should give – two joiners had been at work in the house during the seven months of our absence, but except that my little study was finished, the rest of the house seemed nearly as we left it – my unfortunate taste for oak-wainscot is terrible – I must give it up, and turn to plaster at last – It was high time to be at home again – Potheration awaked me on Wednesday morning – but now that I have fairly made up my mind to get rid of it, I shall not stop to disquiet myself in vain, but put all my strength to backing out as fast as I can – They say, the people at my new Inn (the Northgate hotel) are doing very well and that if I had it to let now, I should have plenty of tenants – I wish I could shove the whole thing a hundred miles nearer London – Among a large pile of letters waiting my return, was a very kind letter from Lady Harriet dated June 4 – I shall be a little more at liberty by and by, and will write to everybody – I have not said much about it, but the fact is, I have been sadly out of sorts of late; and now I am resolved to set my inner house in order, and be at ease – the most agreeable thing I have done since my return is writing this letter – Indeed my dearest Lady Stuart, I very often think of you, and of all the good you have done me and am always very truly and affectionately yours A. Lister’ sent off this letter 4 pp. of ½ sheet and 1p. and ends of envelope to ‘the Honourable Lady Stuart, Whitehall’ undercover to ‘the Earl of Ripon, Carlton terrace, London’ and at the same time (6 ½ by Sam Booth as usual) my letter 3pp. to ‘Mrs. Lawton, Lawton hall, Lawton Cheshire’ the 1st 1/2p. written and dated Thursday and the rest 3pp. dated Friday – should have sent it on Friday but for A-‘s disapproval of the style of it it seemed as if I cared too much however she copied it for me tonight and let it go – mentioned to M- our return ‘between 10 and 11 on Tuesday night – your letter of the 10th August (from York) lay midway a very large parcel of other letters waiting my return – I opened your pages with more pleasure than I closed them – man does not live by bread alone, nor friendship upon scribbling – I wrote to you from Lyons about a month ago, and conclude you have received this letter which being longish and descriptive of all we had been about, has, I hope, spared me the pain of attempting......... (Friday 30 November) to make any objections against your mode of reasoning and influence – If I suffered myself to dwell much upon your letter, it would give me more pain than you could possibly intend – I would gladly forget that you have written it – for it is mortifying to think that the sayings of those whose sayings you do not always value, should have had such weight – with you in this especial case – at all rates, I think of you, and Isabella, too, on returning thro’ Paris – I thought, as I told you in May, that you had written to me so sparingly before my leaving home, that I chose a book-knife to remind you of me when reading, and a pen to be ready for writing when you felt inclined – I will send you this little cadeau when I know where you are to be found – you may be at Harrogate – you may be I know not where – had you directed your letter to the care of Messrs. Hammersley, it would have been forwarded – you have known this Mary, for the last dozen years – But tell me whether you received my letter from Lyons’ – merely a few lines more – sorry for Isabellas’ accident – glad Mrs. Belcombe was so well – sorry for M-‘s sprained wrist....... ‘Adney sends her love – not much has been done during our absence that if you come soon, you will be little better off than before – but you will find no fault with your welcome – affectionately yours AL-‘ had been off to Lightcliffe church this afternoon (in the carriage with A-) about 1 ½ - A- 40 minutes in the school, and I waited in her room upstairs – Mr. Wilkinson’s curate did all the duty – a little fat black-haired man – preached (good sermon) 24 minutes from Acts ix. part of v. 11 – ‘Behold he prayeth’ – called and sat 20 minutes at Cliff hill – Mrs. AW. feeble as to voice and limb but newsy and well for aet. 85 according to her own account to Mrs. Ann Lee – home at 5 – I had written 4 pages of ½ sheet to Lady S- before going to church and now wrote the 1 p. and ends of envelope of my letter – (vide last p.) – dinner at 6 ½ - coffee bad ever since our return – too bad to drink last night – had been in the house (roasted) ever since before our leaving home – sat A- writing and I reading the newspaper till 10 – then went into the kitchen full of smoke, and pother about the fire being made up in spite of all I had said about it – made it be raked out – got up a bottle of orange wine which A- enjoyed – stood talking – then looking at the servants hall grate and stood talking there (an hour till 12) – then stood talking in A-‘s room till 12 40 at which hour F47 ½° - and very rainy night – soft damp partly small rainy day – Letter this evening from Messrs. 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whatsonmedia · 27 days ago

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