In the case of Mrs A Harding v Oldham College Amy Harding was employed by the College as a Student Data and Curriculum Compliance Officer.
Her bag was passed to Ms Figgins, who again commented on the smell and a search of her belongings was authorised and undertaken by a colleague, Shelley Hutchinson.
She knows that he smokes cannabis for medicinal reasons and she maintained she did not have any reason to search her own bag before coming into work, the tribunal heard.
But the judge said the claimant had been given a copy of the stop and search policy before her appeal hearing.
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