Disability discrimination: Schizophrenia sufferer was disabled person under DDA
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Goodwin v The Patent Office [1999] IRLR 4 EAT (2 other reports)
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 [1999] IRLR 4. An employment tribunal was wrong to hold that he did not fall within the definition of "disability" because he was able to cope with the practicalities of living alone.