Mrs S Talbot v Costain Oil, Gas & Process Ltd; Costain Group PLC; Costain Ltd

EAT set aside the ET decision and remitted the case for rehearing. The claims concern sex discrimination and harassment after termination following 12 weeks at Sellafield.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal allowed Mrs Talbot’s appeal against an Employment Tribunal decision that had rejected her claims of sex discrimination and harassment. The EAT sat on 17 February 2017 and handed down its judgment on 14 March 2017.

Mrs Talbot had worked as an agency mechanical engineer on the Evap D project at Sellafield. The ET had dismissed all allegations, including those about the termination of her contract after about 12 weeks on site.