The complaint listed a large number of issues including religion, gender, promotion, training, conditions of employment, discriminatory dismissal, harassment, victimisation and victimisatory dismissal. Also included was an assertion that the complainant was the only new member of staff not allocated a mobile phone handset.

The respondent indicated that the complainant was not entitled to a phone in accordance with her contract. The Equality Officer stated “In the case at hand no substantial evidence of dates, times, places or named persons on which an investigation could proceed has been provided by the complainant”. At the hearing her representative requested an adjournment to prepare/present such evidence and this was refused as she had received notice of the hearing and had been