Website updates March to April 2022
Table of page contents Whether lack of knowledge relevant to s.15 justification defenceSTAMMA case studyCovid pageW v TJ Morris (t/a Home Bargains)Face masksPrimaz v Carl Room Restaurants t/a McDonald’s RestaurantsMallon…
W v TJ Morris (t/a Home Bargains)
The claimant had spinal issues and a stammer. Among other things she alleged that the store manager would not allow her to put her case to him, by speaking over…
Primaz v Carl Room Restaurants t/a McDonald’s Restaurants
The claimant had epilepsy and vitiligo. From online research she took various steps which she was convinced would help her conditions but were not supported by professional advice, such as…
Mallon v Aecom: auxiliary services, and help from others
The claimant had dyspraxia, and argued he should have been allowed a reasonable adjustment of applying for a job orally rather than having to do so online. The EAT held…
STAMMA in the cinema: “No diversity without dysfluency”
STAMMA’s ad campaign calling for greater stammering representation in the media is now showing in cinemas across the UK. With the support of Pearl & Dean, selected cinemas nationally are…
Social model: new research paper
An excellent new research paper discusses both benefits and limitations of understanding stammering through the social model of disability. The paper Stuttering and the social model by Constantino, Campbell and…
Garcia v The Leadership Factor: “clear voice”
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld a tribunal decision requiring a claimant who stammers to pay a deposit as a condition of proceeding with his EqA claims. He was claiming…
M v Real Care Agency
A home care worker was dismissed after being off sick with depression (a disability). Her stammer was normally not apparent but did arise during bad periods of depression. She made…
Website updates January to February 2022
Table of page contents C v Menzies Aviation: stammer held to be a disabilityM v Real Care AgencyUniversitiesUpdated information for employers from Stamma (British Stammering Association)Professional examsExpiry of face covering…
Example: Assessed presentation at university
Table of page contents FactsSummaryS.15: Discrimination arising from disabilityS.15: Point 1: Assessment criteria for oral fluency and lack of hesitationS.15: Point 2: Being marked down for saying less due to…
C v Menzies Aviation
The claimant alleged he had been mimicked due to his stammer, and claimed disability discrimination. This was a preliminary decision on whether his stammer was a disability within the Equality…
Website updates November to December 2021
Table of page contents Knowledge of disability in reasonable adjustment claims against service providers etcFace masks/coveringsN v Packaging Automation: need for evidence that the stammer is a disabilityProving disability: impact…
Employment Clinic appeal by STAMMA
STAMMA is raising funds to formally launch its Employment Clinic and support people who stammer with work-related issues. Can you help? STAMMA (the British Stammering Association) has raised £13k of…
N v Packaging Automation: need for evidence of disability
A worker with a stammer was dismissed and claimed disability discrimination. The tribunal held he did not have a disability within the Equality Act. Colleagues said his stammer sounded only…
Stott v Ralli
The EAT held that in deciding whether there is a breach of s.15 EqA (discrimination arising from disability), the dismissal itself is separate from any later internal appeal decision on…
Website updates September to October 2021
Table of page contents Petition: “No diversity without dysfluency”Reasonable adjustments by service providersLittle Mix concert: case on BSL interpretersR (Rowley) v Minister for the Cabinet OfficeFollows v Nationwide Building SocietyExamples…
