Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2009] All ER (D) 55 (May)
Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Judge:

Judge Richardson

Representation Julian Milford (instructed by DMH Stallard) for the employee.
  Keith Bryan (instructed by Thomas Eggar) for the employer.
Judgment Dates: 24 March 2009

Catchwords

Employment - Discrimination - Disability discrimination - Employee made redundant - Employee presenting claim to employment tribunal alleging unfair dismissal and disability discrimination - Employment judge striking out disability discrimination claim - Whether judge erring.

The Case

Employment Discrimination. Employment Appeal Tribunal: The employment judge had erred in striking out the employee's disability discrimination claim since he had failed properly to consider the relevant authority and had not considered the question of proportionality.

Practice Areas

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