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Judgment approved by the Court for handing down K J v British Council © EAT 2026 Page 1 [2026] EAT 46 Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EAT 46 Case No: EA-2024-000963-BA EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Rolls Building Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL Date: 25 March 2026 Before: THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE SHELDON - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between: K J Appellant/Claimant - and - British Council Respondent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Christopher Milsom (instructed by Stephens Scown LLP) for the Appellant/Claimant Judy Stone KC (instructed by Mills & Reeve) for the Respondent Hearing date: 10 February 2026 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT Judgment approved by the Court for handing down K J v British Council © EAT 2026 Page 2 [2026] EAT 46 SUMMARY Sex Discrimination; Practice & Procedure The claimant was employed by the British Council in Morocco. She was subjected to harassment and sexual harassment by a colleague. She raised a grievance which led to a report promulgated on 15 November 2021. The claimant resigned on 22 November 2021 and brought claims for constructive unfair dismissal, direct sex discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, and victimisation. The Employment Tribunal (“ET”) upheld the core claims (other than victimisation), finding multiple repudiatory breaches of the implied term of trust and confidence, as well as discriminatory and harassing conduct for which the British Council ...