Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 372 (Oct)
Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Judge:

Judge Altman, Mrs T Marsland and Mr T Straker

Judgment Dates: 25 October 2001

Catchwords

Employment - Discrimination - Disability - Occupational asthma resulting from chemical fumes - Tribunal ruling appellant not disabled within meaning of Act - Whether tribunal erring in law - Disability Discrimination Act, s 1.

The Case

On an appeal against the decision of the employment tribunal that the appellant was not disabled under s1 the tribunal erred in its assessment of the appellant and whether the respondent had been unreasonable in the circumstances of the case. Accordingly the matter would be remitted for rehearing before a freshly constituted tribunal.

Practice Areas

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