Winncare (Northern) Ltd and Others

Case Summary

The claimant brought complaints of disability discrimination and harassment against her employer. The tribunal struck out complaints of direct disability discrimination, harassment related to disability, discrimination arising from disability, and failure to make reasonable adjustments on the ground that they had no reasonable prospect of success. Remaining complaints were to be determined by the tribunal.

The tribunal struck out the disability discrimination and harassment complaints because they had no reasonable prospect of success. Written reasons were given orally at the hearing and were not provided in writing unless requested.

• •Direct disability discrimination under s13 Equality Act 2010
• •Harassment related to disability under s26 Equality Act 2010
• •Discrimination arising from disability under s15 Equality Act 2010
• •Failure to make reasonable adjustments under s20 and s21 Equality Act 2010

1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Miss B Intas Respondents : Winncare (Northern) Limited , Mr A Cooper and Ms T Scholes Heard at: Manchester On: 2 and 3 March 2026 Before: Employment Judge Cookson Mrs L A Buxton Mr S Carter REPRESENTATION: Claimant: In person Respondent: Mr Warnes (solicitor) JUDGMENT 1. The complaints of direct disability discrimination under s13 of the Equality Act 2010 and of harassment related to disability under s26 of the Equality Act 2010 made about the following factual allegations are struck out under Employment Tribunal Rule 38(1)(a) because they have no reasonable prospect of success. They are the allegations that: a. the claimant was told that a meeting on 19 December 2023 was an appraisal/supervision meeting when in fact it was a meeting to accuse the claimant of stealing a client b. during that meeting on 19 December 2023 Mr Cooper and Ms Scholes behaved in a hostile way and accused the claimant of stealing a client; and Mr Cooper told the claimant “I’ve got a lie detector test on my phone” and shout that the claimant was “guilty” c. the claimant was suspend from work between 19 December and 22nd December 2023 d. the claimant was forced to reduce her hours of work from 23 rd December 2023 e. the claimant was not provided with any work after 13 January 2024 2 2. The complaint of discrimination arising from disability under s15 Equality Act 2010 is struck out under Employment Tribunal Rule 38(1)(a) because it has no reasonable prospect of success. 3. The complaint about a failure to make reasonable adjustments in accordance with s20 and 21 of the Equality Act 2010 is struck out under Employment Tribunal Rule 38(1)(a) because it has no reasonable prospect of success. 4. The remaining complains will be determined by the Tribunal. Approved by: Employment Judge Cookson 3 March 2026 Judgment sent to the parties on: 20 April 2026 For the Tribunal: ..................…