BRUM COUNCIL TO APPEAL “RACISM” VERDICT

29-03-2007

Birmingham City Council is appealing against an Employment Tribunal verdict which declared that it was guilty of racial discrimination against one of its workers.

The judgement was handed down in early February in a case brought by Paul Samuels, a legal executive with the local authority who wassacked in October 2005.

Samuels had also been unfairly dismissed and victimised according to the Tribunal.

Now the Council is hoping to have the judgement over-turned on all three counts.

To follow the story, you can see The Stirrer's original report here; Birmingham Council's response here; a comment by Councillor Mike Ward here; and a story highlighting Sir Albert Bore's reluctance to have story discussed openly by the local Labour party here.

The story has also attracted an enormous volume of comment on our messageboard. If you follow the full correspondence you will see that a number of entries have been edited.