Leicester City Council loses race discrimination appeal

Ms Parmar, who is currently unemployed, told the BBC she felt “vindicated” by the dismissal but was too “eager” to return to the same line of work.

The 58-year-old, who said she had worked for the council for 33 years, added she was “shocked” the council decided to appeal the decision in the first place.

“Since last year’s ruling, there has been no acknowledgment that anything was wrong,” she said.

“It feels like they don’t want to change and they don’t want to learn any lessons.”

Ms Lake appears to still be employed by the council at the time of publication, according to the authority’s website.

Concluding his 37-page published report, the judge said: “I regret that this judgment has ended up being so long; I didn’t have time to make it shorter.

“If I had, I could have just said that this is just the kind of appeal that the Court of Appeals warned against in (another case).”

The judge referred to the “correct approach” to the employment tribunals’ interpretation, which was reiterated by the Court of Appeal, stating that they must be read “fairly and as a whole” and not focus on isolated passages.

A council spokesman said: “We are very disappointed and disagree with the decision in this case. We are therefore considering an appeal.

“Given this, it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.”

Another appeal will be decided by the Court of Appeal.

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