Commentary and insights

All items: Disability discrimination

  • Discrimination arising from disability: questions remain about "unfavourable treatment"

    Date:
    3 January 2019

    Consultant editor Darren Newman suggests that a recent Supreme Court decision raises more questions than it answers about the tricky issue of what exactly constitutes "unfavourable treatment" because of something arising in consequence of a disability.

  • Successful "discrimination arising from disability" claim in respect of fair dismissal

    Date:
    25 May 2018

    Consultant editor Darren Newman explains how the difference between the test of reasonableness in relation to unfair dismissal and the test for justification in relation to "discrimination arising from disability" led to an interesting - and important - Court of Appeal decision.

  • Diabetes as a disability

    Date:
    9 April 2015

    Consultant editor Darren Newman considers a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision involving the concept of disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, when considered in relation to an individual with type 2 diabetes largely controlled by avoiding sugary drinks.

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Commentary and insights: HR and legal information and guidance relating to disability discrimination.