A woman from Surbiton who tried to sue a multinational company for racial discrimination and bullying has lost her case.
Sabina Jagasia, 44, worked as a personal assistant in Unilever’s Kingston offices on a six-month temporary contract in 2004 and claimed she was “bullied incessantly” by her manager there. She wanted £100,000 from the company for breaches to her human rights and claimed that she was rejected from another job because of her ongoing court case. But her claim was struck out at Kingston County Court last week, after lawyers for Unilever argued she could “not in any way substantiate any of her statements”.
Miss Jagasia will now have to pay Unilever almost £5,000 in court costs. Miss Jagasia was not kept on at Unilever in 2004 after her contract finished, but did resume employment there in 2014 on another temporary contract. She had claimed that 10 years after her original employment with the company she was again bullied and harassed, this time by a different manager. She also alleged she was falsely accused of committing an assault on another Unilever employee. Miss Jagasia is of Indian descent and said she believed this was the main reason her Unilever boss in 2004 did not like her.
Judge Sarah King struck out the claims Miss Jagasia’s rights had been breached under the Human Rights Act and Equalities Act saying that the court did not have jurisdiction in those matters. The claim that Miss Jagasia was unable to get another job because of her ongoing legal matters with Unilever was dismissed.
Miss Jagasia has 21 days to pay the company’s £4,793.20 court costs.
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