| Brief Facts and History |
| Umang
Malhotra v Price Waterhouse Relationship (1994-2000) and Tribunal Hearings in U.K. |
| After returning
from Poland in 1994 and losing a great deal of money in business due to unfortunate
circumstances. I applied for a series of positions within PW and/or positions advertised
by PW for their client companies/institutions. I was never even called for a single
interview. The principle person responsible in most of these positions was Ms Alannah
Hunt, Partner and Head of Executive Search and Selection of Price Waterhouse UK. In February 1995, she wrote to me among other
things " I think one of the problems is that because of your job history
and the fact it is ‘probably ahead of its time,’ " yet
she could not give me a single interview or meet me for nearly 4 years. |
| In later part of
1997, I decided to take my case to Industrial Tribunal on the advice of Commission for
Racial equality (CRE). The main point Price Waterhouse disputed through their lawyers
Eversheds was that I was late by few days in submitting my complaint of discrimination to
the Industrial Tribunal. The maximum period is 3 months from the date of perceived act of
discrimination. I only acted on the advise of CRE whose complaints officer Ms. Corinna
Forbes, acknowledged to me that my complaint was within the time limit. She forwarded my
official paper work to the Tribunal and Mr. Jermyn Brooks, Chairman of PW. Ms. Corinna
Forbes, a young lawyer was later dismissed or left
CRE in disgust. |
| The case was
heard by Mr. John Warren (sitting alone), Chairman of Industrial Tribunal (IT) on 9
February 1998. He decided in favor of PW about the ‘date of Incidence’. |
| On my appeal
against Mr. Warren's biased judgment about the ‘date of Incidence’ of
discriminatory act by PW, the case was further heard by Judge H J Byrt QC (Chairman), Mr.
I Ezekiel and Mr. D J Jenkins of Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) on 7 October 1998. Judge
Byrt found a statement made by Chairman John Warren (click here to view this statement) about me that was very
serious. He wanted an affidavit from me and response from the Chairman about that particular statement. Thus the hearing
was postponed to a later date. |
| Finally the case
was heard by Mr. Justice Charles (Chairman), Miss D Whittingham and Mr. N D Willis (now
Lord Willis ) of EAT on 17 June 1999. They produced a 'reserve' Judgment and then delivered
their verdict on 29 July 1999 supporting PW about the ‘date of Incidence’ of
PW’s discriminatory act. Justice Charles produced a report of 28 pages in his final
judgment with arguments about ‘date of Incidence’ supporting Chairman Warren. |
| Note: In
all the three hearings, I was denied to tape record the hearings. The Employment Appeal
Tribunal deliberately lost my papers for a couple of months. I conducted the case myself
against Price Waterhouse. |
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