Gilroy v. Angelov

Leoni Gilroy made allegations of sexual harassment against a co-worker, Branko Angelov, who is the respondent in this case. Gilroy sought damages against her employers, Craig and Toni Botting, the second respondents. Gilroy reported the sexual harassment to Mr. Botting, who told Gilroy that he didn’t believe Angelov would act in such a way. Nevertheless, Bottling agreed to keep Angelov away from her at work. Later, Mr. Botting terminated Gilroy’s employment, stating that Mrs. Botting believed that Mr. Botting and Gilroy were having an affair. The Court entered judgment in favor of Ms. Gilroy for $24,000 against the Bottlings, highlighting the emotional and financial difficulties experienced by Ms. Gilroy.

Topics

• Employment discrimination
• Gender discrimination
• Sexual harassment

Geographical location

• Australia and Oceania
• Australia

Keywords

• work place
• co-worker violence

Year

• 2000

External URL

• Gilroy v. Angelov

Court

• Federal Court of Australia

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• Australia