Guidance on meaning of disability

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  Goodwin v The Patent Office [1999] IRLR 4 EAT (2 other reports)

  • 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".

  • 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.