by Anna Denton | Aug 28, 2019 | Disability discrimination, Employment Tribunal, Equality Act
If an employee is accused of misconduct of some kind, their defence may well be that a core part of their condition was behind their behaviour. This is classic section 15 Equality Act 2010 territory. We have seen a string of cases where an employee is found to have...
by Anna Denton | Jul 11, 2019 | Disclosure, Employment Tribunal, Subject Access Request
You may be familiar with the standard Tribunal Order that all documents relevant to the issues (submitted as part of the claim) that are in a party’s possession, custody or control, should be disclosed to the other party. This includes both documentation on which the...
by Anna Denton | Apr 3, 2017 | News
I recently drafted a defence to an Employment Tribunal claim where an employee had failed to attend the disciplinary hearing at which their employment terminated by reason of gross misconduct. Let’s call the date of that hearing date A. The employer duly then...