Goodwin v The Patent Office [1999] IRLR 4 EAT
Reports relating to this case:
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Guidance on disability definition
- Date:
- 1 March 1999
In Goodwin v Patent Office the EAT has given detailed guidance on the proper approach to determining whether an applicant under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) satisfies the definition of having a "disability".
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Disability discrimination: Schizophrenia sufferer was disabled person under DDA
- Date:
- 1 February 1999
An employee who suffered from schizophrenia, and as a result experienced difficulties in concentrating and communicating, was a disabled person within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act, holds the EAT in Goodwin v The Patent Office.
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Guidance on meaning of disability
- Date:
- 1 January 1999
In Goodwin v The Patent Office (21 October 1998) EOR83E, the EAT has issued detailed guidance on analysing whether an applicant falls within the Disability Discrimination Act's definition of disability.
