UK Tribunal Rejects 2022 Sacking Appeal Over Prophetic Dreams Claim
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Updated · The Independent · Jul 31
UK Tribunal Rejects 2022 Sacking Appeal Over Prophetic Dreams Claim
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Jul 31
Summary
Lord Fairley dismissed Elrich Daudet’s appeal, upholding a ruling that his belief in prophetic dreams is not a protected belief under UK equality law.
Messages sent after meeting a new colleague in August 2022 — saying he had seen her in dreams and sending love poems — were not a necessary manifestation of that belief, the tribunal found.
The judge said there was ample evidence the woman felt distress and alarm, and that the amorous emails could legitimately be treated as harassment even without physical contact.
Computacenter fired Daudet, a senior computer analyst employed since 2008, for gross misconduct in December 2022; a five-day tribunal in 2024 had already rejected his unfair dismissal, harassment and discrimination claims.