croad_ucuEAT2012
EAT DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT – Discrimination by other bodies
The Claimant was a university lecturer who suffered from both dyslexia and depression and stress. She sued the union for disability discrimination in that they withdrew representational and legal support. The union argued that the reverse burden of proof provisions did not apply as a matter of statutory construction. Further it was agreed that in any event the Claimant had not suffered a detriment since it was not professionally proper for them to represent a client who intimated a claim and eventually made a claim against them. The EAT dismissed the Claimant’s appeal.
Pugsley J
[2011] UKEAT 0012 – 11 – 1306
Bailii
Disability Discrimination Act 1996
England and Wales
Employment, Discrimination
Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.460390
