"lt appears likely, from the evidence of the respondent's witnesses, that the decision to suspend the claimant and the formulation of the allegation was made by Jo Smith on advice from HR. " Quote from the ET judgement.
So to my sort of reading and understanding the blame for the monumental cock up is down to HR.
Don`t know much about HR, must be some kind of new invention, like PC`s,tablets and things, not all that common in my days. But from little I know about it, sounds very much like a bunch of busy business things trotting around dishing out gems on how to get rid of non- resource human types. I wonder do they carry stethoscopes round the neck and a mirror with a little lamp on their heads when they are doing their rounds.