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EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL 58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS At the Tribunal On 5 March 1997 Before
JUDGE PETER CLARK : Mr Thomas was continuously employed by R.H. Thompson & Co Ltd ("the Company") or its predecessors from August 1968 until his dismissal on 13 May 1994. At that time he held a position of Office Manager at the Company's Croydon depot.
Following dismissal Mr Thomas ("the Applicant") presented an Originating Application to the Central Office of Industrial Tribunals complaining of racial discrimination and, we infer from the reference to the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 , unfair dismissal. His grounds of complaint conclude with these words:
By their Notice of Appearance the Company averred that its reason for dismissal was redundancy and that race played no part in its criteria for making him redundant.
The complaint came on for hearing before the London (South) Industrial Tribunal on 6, 7, and 8 September 1995. In a decision with full reasons dated 9 November 1995 the Tribunal concluded:
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