Uddin v London Borough of Ealing [2020]

The claimant was employed as a deputy team leader in the family intervention programme run by the respondent.  At the time he was on secondment as a support worker in the Action Locality Team.  The issue leading to the proceedings arose when a female student began her placement with the respondent.  There was an incident at a pub after work where it could be shown that the claimant was in a disabled toilet with the female student.  The female student then alleged that the claimant had dragged her into the toilet and assaulted her.  This was denied by the claimant, although he stated that he did not have a clear memory.

In the respondent’s investigation, Mr Jenkins,