The Irish producer at the centre of an incident involving Jeremy Clarkson is suing the former Top Gear host for racial discrimination and personal injury.
Oisín Tymon was involved in a fracas with Clarkson over the failure to be served a steak at the end of a day’s filming in Yorkshire.
A tribunal official confirmed that a hearing took place but refused to offer any further details of the case.
According to The Guardian, Tymon’s lawyers, Slater & Gordon, also declined to comment on the case. It is thought that Tymon could be awarded as much as £100,000, given the charges involved.
An investigation from the BBC earlier this year found that Clarkson had subjected Tymon to a 30-second physical attack and verbal tirade, during which he was “struck, resulting in swelling and bleeding to his lip.”
A spokesman for the BBC said: “We will be responding to this claim but will not be commenting further at this time.”
Since the incident, Clarkson has signed up to host a rival show to Top Gear on Amazon’s TV service with Richard Hammond and James May, while Tymon returned to work with the BBC in May.
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