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6020278/2024Partially Successful

United Care Ltd

16 March 2026Employment TribunalFirst instanceEngland & Wales
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Case Summary

On a preliminary hearing, the Employment Tribunal dismissed the claimant's claims of disability discrimination, disability-related harassment, and failure to make reasonable adjustments on the ground that the claimant failed to prove she was a disabled person during the relevant period (19 December 2023 – 2 October 2024). The claims of victimisation and whistleblowing detriment were allowed to continue.

Why this outcome?

Claim not well-founded

The claimant failed to prove that she was a disabled person during the relevant period, which is a necessary precondition for disability discrimination, harassment related to disability, and reasonable adjustment claims under the Equality Act 2010.

Key Issues

  • Whether the claimant was a disabled person at the relevant time
  • Discrimination because of something arising in consequence of disability
  • Harassment related to disability
  • Failure to make reasonable adjustments
  • Victimisation
  • Whistleblowing detriment

Cited Laws and Legal Issues

Equality Act 2010 disability discriminationEquality Act 2010

On a preliminary hearing, the Employment Tribunal dismissed the claimant's claims of disability discrimination, disability-related harassment, and failure to make reasonable adjustments on the ground that the claimant failed to prove she was a disabled person during the relevant period (19 December 2023 – 2 October...

Protected disclosures / whistleblowingEmployment Rights Act 1996

The claims of victimisation and whistleblowing detriment were allowed to continue.

Decision Text

Case Number: 6020278.24 Note: written reasons will not be provided unless requested at the Hearing itself or in writing within 14 days of the sending of the written record of the decision, Rule 62(3). EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS BETWEEN Claimant Respondent Ms Billingham United Care Ltd AND JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL ON A PRELIMINARY HEARING HELD AT Midlands West ON 16 March 2026 EMPLOYMENT JUDGE Harding Representation For the Claimant: No Attendance For the Respondent: Mr Ridgeway, Tribunal Advocate JUDGMENT 1 The claimant has not proved that she was a disabled person at the relevant time (19 December 2023 – 2 October 2024). Accordingly, the claims of discrimination because of something arising in consequence of disability, harassment related to disability and a failure to make reasonable adjustments fail and are dismissed. 2 The claims of victimisation and whistleblowing detriment are unaffected by this judgment and will continue. Case Number: 6020278.24 Note: written reasons will not be provided unless requested at the Hearing itself or in writing within 14 days of the sending of the written record of the decision, Rule 62(3). Case No:6020278.24 Employment Judge Harding Approved on: 16 March 2026

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Case Facts

Respondent

United Care Ltd

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Claimant
Ms Billingham
Case Number
6020278/2024
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Level
First instance
Decision Date
16 March 2026
Published
17 April 2026
Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Judge
Employment Judge Harding
Representation
Litigant in person