The Employment Tribunal ruling has just been made on this case and please click here for more details. Also, I suggest you do a relevant Google search as more details will emerge.
It appears that there has been (at best) a partial victory for Mr. Lewis with the crux of the decision being the Tribunal writing "We are persuaded that the decision to dismiss was not in fact influenced by the sexual orientation.....The decision to dismiss is wholly attributable to a genuine and legitimate conclusion that [Mr. Lewis] was guilty of the gross misconduct alleged."
However, the Tribunal did find that the way the bank handled an inquiry into the matter had procedural mistakes and that discrimination played a role.
The significant issue of how much money Mr. Lewis will recover will be decided at a later date.
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