Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2009] All ER (D) 24 (Apr)
Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Judge:

Judge Birtles, Mr C Edwards and Mr J Rivers

Representation The employee appeared by her representative.
  Edward Mallett (instructed by Howard Kennedy Solicitors) for the employer.
Judgment Dates: 31 March 2009

Catchwords

Employment - Disability - Discrimination - Employee suffering workplace accident - Employee arguing that she was unfit for work - Employer's occupational health doctor finding employee capable of work - Employer dismissing employee on the grounds of capability - Employment tribunal finding that employee not disabled and not unfairly dismissed - Whether tribunal erring - s 1.

The Case

Employment Disability. Employment Appeal Tribunal: The employment tribunal had been entitled to reach its conclusions that, at the date of her dismissal, the employee was not a disabled person within the meaning of s1 of the and she was not unfairly dismissed from her employment.

Practice Areas

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