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Hutchison 3G UK Ltd v Mason: EAT 1 Jul 2003

EAT A cocaine addict who suffered from clinical depression claimed discrimination on the ground of disability.
Held: There was expert medical evidence before the employment tribunal which had entitled it to conclude that, irrespective of the cocaine addiction, the applicant had a depressive disorder which was sufficiently causative of the absence from work that the dismissal because of such absence from work related to such a disability.

Judges:

The Honourable Mr Justice Burton (P)

Citations:

EAT/369/03, [2003] EAT 0369 – 03 – 1607, [2003] UKEAT 0369 – 03 – 1607

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

FollowedA Power v Panasonic UK Ltd EAT 17-Sep-2002
EAT The tribunal had held that the applicant was not a disabled person within the meaning of the Act because only of an addiction to alcohol. This was not to be treated as an impairment. She also suffered from . .

Cited by:

CitedCouncil of the City of Manchester v Romano, Samariz CA 1-Jul-2004
The authority sought to evict their tenant on the ground that he was behaving in a way which was a nuisance to neighbours. The tenant was disabled, and claimed discrimination.
Held: In secure tenancies, the authority had to consider the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Discrimination

Updated: 01 September 2022; Ref: scu.185271

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