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     1        and immediately issued me with a further written warning.
     2        5.  Neil Blazie verbally dismissed me on the 18th December,
     3        1990 following a further incident.  Neil Blazie called me
     4        in for a meeting at about 4.30 on the 18th December 1990,
     5        after I finished my shift.  He informed me that I was to be
     6        moved to the Dudley Street store.  I informed him that I
     7        did not want to move and asked who else had been
     8        approached.  He admitted that no one else had been asked.
     9        He then told me that my colour was right for the move.  He
    10        informed me that he wanted my decision by the following day
    11        and that if I chose not to accept the move, I was to be
    12        dismissed.
    13
    14        As I believed I had been singled out for the move because
    15        of my colour I chose not to accept and therefore signed on
    16        at the DSS the following day.  My ground for belief that I
    17        have suffered racial discrimination are as follows:
    18        1. Prior to moving to Wolverhampton I have never received a
    19        warning but while working under Neil Blazie I received two
    20        written warnings, both of which I considered to be unfair
    21        and differential treatment as I have explained the
    22        situations to him.
    23        2.  The move to the Dudley Street store was less favourable
    24        due to its known problems and no one else had been
    25        considered.
    26        3. I was told that my colour was right for the move.
    27        4. When I refused to accept the move, Neil Blazie verbally
    28        dismissed me.  However, Paul Bates, a white man, had
    29        previously refused to move to the Dudley Street store twice
    30        and had not been dismissed."
    31
    32        And that is a statement to the tribunal from Bhanulal
    33        Patel.
    34
    35        It seems on the next page in the documents-----
    36
    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, it looks, and I do not know if there is
    38        any further evidence, as if in fact, Mr. Patel returned to
    39        work on the 1st April and was transferred to another store.
    40
    41   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, to the Walsall store.  It seems that he was,
    42        I think --
    43
    44   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  And was paid some cheque for salary.
    45
    46   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  I think Neil Blazie goes into that.
    47
    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, I am not going look at those at the
    49        moment or Miss Eadie because I will wait and see what
    50        happens with regard to that.
    51
    52   MR. MORRIS:  Right.
    53
    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, unless there is more to be said this
    55        morning, we will break off there and resume tomorrow
    56        morning.
    57
    58   MR. ATKINSON:   My Lord, there is just one matter which is if I
    59        can inquire of the defendants, through your Lordship, as to
    60        the possibility of them wanting to recall Mr. Bishop and

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