Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 29 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWCA Civ 37
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Laws, Tomlinson and Kitchin LJJ
Representation Paul Nicholls and Christopher Knight (instructed by the Bar Pro Bono Unit) for the claimant.
  Helen Mountfield QC and Laura Prince (instructed by The College of Law, Legal Services) for the first defendant.
  Tim Sheppard (instructed by Mills & Reeve LLP) for the second defendant.
Judgment Dates: 3 February 2012

Catchwords

Employment - Disability - Discrimination - Complaint of discrimination - Claimant being student at first defendant college - Claimant having diagnosis of multiple sclerosis - College making adjustments for claimant to enable him to sit exams - Claimant requesting further adjustments - College refusing to make further adjustments Employment Tribunal finding unreasonable for College to have made further adjustments - Tribunal finding that 'time requirement' of examinations was competence standard - Employment Appeal Tribunal upholding tribunal's decision - Whether tribunal erring - .

The Case

Employment Disability. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, in dismissing the claimant student's appeal, held that the first defendant college had, in the circumstances, made reasonable adjustments to the examination process in order to accommodate the claimant's disability.

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