Disability discrimination: "Progressive conditions" provisions do not cover impairment as a result of treatment
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Kirton v Tetrosyl Ltd [2002] IRLR 840 EAT (1 other report)
Key points
- In Kirton v Tetrosyl Ltd [2002] IRLR 840 the EAT holds that an employee who suffered minor urinary incontinence as a result of surgery for prostate cancer was not thereby brought within the scope of the "progressive conditions" provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Under those provisions, a person is treated as disabled if, as a result of such a condition, he or she has an impairment which has an effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, and which is expected to be a substantial adverse effect, even if the adverse effect is not fully manifested at the relevant time.