Heafield v Times Newspaper Ltd [2013] UKEAT 1305_12_1701

H was a Roman Catholic who worked for T when it was preparing a story about the Pope. In a panic to meet the deadline for publication, an editor (W) shouted to his colleagues in the newsroom: "Can anyone tell what's happening to the f**king Pope?" He then repeated the question more loudly. H was offended by the comments and subsequently brought a claim for harassment on the grounds of his religious belief pursuant to the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 reg.5.

An ET held W had engaged in unwanted conduct but that to the extent that the conduct had the effect of violating H's dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive