Decision date
28 April 2026
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Judge
Employment Judge R Wood
Case Summary
The claimant, a software engineer employed on a six-month probationary period, claimed direct disability discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, and failure to make reasonable adjustments in relation to GORD. This was a Preliminary Hearing to determine whether the claimant met the statutory definition of disability under section 6 Equality Act 2010 during January-May 2025.
Why this outcome?
No reasonable prospectsThe tribunal found that the claimant's disability claims were not well founded at the preliminary hearing stage determining whether the claimant met the statutory definition of disability under section 6 Equality Act 2010 during the period January-May 2025.
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Key Issues
- •Whether the claimant satisfied the statutory definition of disability under section 6 Equality Act 2010
- •Whether the claimant had a physical impairment (GORD and associated symptoms)
- •Whether the condition had a substantial adverse effect on the claimant's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities during January-May 2025
- •Whether the effects were long-term within the statutory meaning
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Case Details
- Case No.
- 6025499/2025
- Tribunal
- Employment Tribunal
- Level
- First instance
- Decision
- 28 April 2026
- Published
- 22 June 2026
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge R Wood
- Representation
- Litigant in person