Power v Panasonic UK Ltd [2003] IRLR 151 EAT
Reports relating to this case:
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Disability discrimination: Cause of impairment irrelevant to whether disability exists at material time
- Date:
- 23 May 2003
In Power v Panasonic UK Ltd the EAT holds that In deciding whether a complainant has a disability within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, an employment tribunal should consider whether the disability alleged is one that falls within the meaning of the Act, or whether it is in fact an impairment which is excluded by reason of Regulations issued under the Act from being treated as such a disability.
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Case round-up: unfair dismissal and disability discrimination
- Date:
- 25 March 2003
This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering unfair dismissal and disability discrimination.