EAT Practice and Procedure : Amendment – UNFAIR DISMISSAL – Reasonableness of dismissal
Employment Judge entitled to refuse Claimant’s application to amend form ET1 to add a complaint of disability discrimination (failure to make reasonable adjustments) to a claim of unfair dismissal; this was a new cause of action based on different facts.
Further, the EJ was entitled to conclude that the Claimant’s dismissal by reason of ill-health incapability was fair. Claimant’s appeals dismissed.
Peter Clark HHJ
[2014] UKEAT 0510 – 13 – 0404
Bailii
England and Wales
Employment
Updated: 05 December 2021; Ref: scu.527196