Case round-up: Internal appeals

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  Taylor v OCS Group Ltd [2006] IRLR 613 CA (2 other reports)

  • Unfair dismissal/disability discrimination: Procedural flaws in disciplinary process not cured only by rehearing

    Date:

    1 December 2006

    In Taylor v OCS Group Ltd [2006] IRLR 613 CA, the Court of Appeal holds that defects in the conduct of a disciplinary hearing are capable of being "cured" in an internal appeal even if it does not amount to a full rehearing of the issue. In addition, a deaf employee not given the opportunity to have an interpreter at his disciplinary hearing was not treated less favourably for a reason related to his disability.

  • Disability discrimination: Taylor-made controversy

    Date:

    1 October 2006

    Martin Crick, legal officer at the Disability Rights Commission, considers the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Taylor v OCS Group Ltd.