The claimant sought leave to appeal against the strike out of his claim against the respondent solicitor alleging disability discrimination. The solicitor had acted against him for his wife, and, becoming concerned as to his mental health had challenged his capacity to continue proceedings, and invited the involvement of the Official Solicitor. The judge had found that the claimant had not established that he was disabled, and that the reference to the OS had been proper.
Held: ‘whether a person is disabled within the Act is different from the question whether he is sufficiently disabled so as to be unfit to conduct the proceedings and to need a guardian ad litem.’ However even assuming that the claimant was disabled within the Act, nothing done by the defendant fell within the range of provision of services. Leave to appeal was refused.
Citations:
[1997] EWCA Civ 2856
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Discrimination, Legal Professions
Updated: 12 November 2022; Ref: scu.143255
