Judgment No. 552

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 30.03.1983
• Original: French
• Judges: Grisel, Ducoux, Devlin
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Considerations 3, 4 and 7

Extract:

The facts the complainant relies on "are intended to show that for years he has been the victim of hostility and it has affected his career, his day-to-day life at work and even his state of health. [...] There is not a shred of proof of his allegations of arbitrary and hostile treatment. In fact the appraisals of his performance are on the whole favourable [...] The complainant has failed to establish any injury due to personal prejudice on [the organisation's] part." The application for damages is rejected.

Keywords

lack of evidence; work appraisal; performance report; bias