Overview

• Ahir alleged that retail director Jeremy Hinds called him an “old git” during a March 2023 dinner in Shropshire on a stock-take assignment.
• A separate claim that a coworker repeatedly said “you’re old” during a stock take was dismissed for lack of corroboration.
• The Watford tribunal noted absence of any contemporaneous report or grievance entry to substantiate the slurs.
• Applying the Equality Act’s balance-of-probabilities test, Judge Daley concluded the evidence fell short of proving discrimination.
• F Hinds maintained its critiques and the option of demotion or dismissal reflected genuine concerns over audit performance.