Ms Y Zhu v St Andrews Bay Development Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No. 8001277/2025 Final Hearing held in Dundee on 7, 8, 9 May 2026 and deliberation in chambers on 28 May 2026 Employment Judge R Phillips Tribunal Member J McCullagh Tribunal Member S Larkin Ms Y Zhu Claimant In person St Andrews Bay Development Limited Respondent ` Represented by: Mr B Duncan, Solicitor

JUDGMENT The unanimous judgment of the Tribunal is that the respondent did not: 1. directly discriminate against the claimant contrary to ss13 and 39(2)(c) or (d) of the Equality Act 2010; or 2. victimise the claimant contrary to ss27 and 39(2)(c) or (d) of the Equality Act 2010, 3. unfairly dismissal the claimant (that complaint having been withdrawn on 25 August 2025) and, accordingly, the cl...

REASONS Introduction

1. The claimant presented claims of direct race discrimination and victimisation against the respondent arising primarily from her probationary dismissal but 8001277/2025 Page 2 also events prior to and immediately following that dismissal. The claimant is a Chinese national and of Chinese ethnicity. The respondent resisted the claims.

2. Preliminary hearings for case management took place on 21 July 2025 before Employment Judge Murphy and on 18 November 2025 before Employment Judge L Doherty.