Practice interviews for people who stammer
50 Million Voices is offering free online practice interviews, 18 – 20 October 2021. You can apply to be an interviewee. You can also – whether you stammer or not*…
Website updates September to October 2021
Practice interviews for people who stammer 50 Million Voices is offering free online practice interviews, 18 – 20 October 2021. See Practice interviews for people who stammer. R (Rowley) v…
R (Rowley) v Minister for the Cabinet Office: BSL interpreters
The High Court held that the UK government had failed to make a reasonable adjustment by not providing British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters for two televised Coronavirus data briefings. However…
R (VC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
This appeal concerned reasonable adjustments for those with mental illnesses detained under the Immigration Act. The Court of Appeal held that the Secretary of State had failed to make reasonable…
Website updates July to August 2021
Table of page contents Participants needed for study about experience of witnesses who stammer in courtFace masks/coverings and stammeringApple stammering emojiNew guide for universities on stammeringDisabled Students’ AllowanceAd hoc adjustment…
New guide for universities on stammering
STAMMA and STUC have produced a new guide Supporting students who stammer in higher education (pdf, stamma.org). This guide by STAMMA (stamma.org) and STUC (stuc-uk.org) should be invaluable for universities…
Participants needed for study about experience of witnesses who stammer in court
A forensic linguistics student at Cardiff University is looking for adults who stammer and have been witnesses in court, and also Registered Intermediaries, to participate in a study. People who…
Apple stammering emoji
Many users of iPhones and iPads found that a ‘woozy face’ emoji automatically appeared when typing the word “stammering” into messages. Stamma (the British Stammering Association) said in a July…
Website updates May to June 2021
Table of page contents Stamma Legal – for lawyers who stammer50 Million Voices videoM v Ban-Car Hotel: stammering caseBBC Stammering NetworkExamples of jobs NHS Stammering NetworkElliot v Dorset County CouncilExamples…
M v Ban-Car Hotel
The tribunal found the claimant was disabled within the Equality Act, by reason of her stammer and depression. However it held there was no discrimination, so her claim failed overall….
Elliot v Dorset County Council
The EAT stressed that in assessing whether the effect of an impairment is “substantial” under the Equality Act, the tribunal should start from the statutory wording of whether the effect…
Website updates March to April 2021
Table of page contents Oral assessments and presentations in recruitmentUK-EU Trade and Cooperation AgreementCourt of Appeal decision on ‘workers’, following Uber caseACAS early conciliationImportant change to Civil Procedure RulesFurther transparent…
O v TC Facilities Management
The claimant’s employment was terminated without notice due to his alleged “verbal and threatening behaviour towards management” at a meeting. Part of the problem was him speaking loudly and quickly…
VL v Szpital Klinicnzy
The employer offered a monthly allowance to people who submitted a disability certificate after a certain date to encourage more people to do so, but not to those who had…
Uber v Aslam: self-employed workers
The Supreme Court held that Uber drivers (in London) were “workers” and therefore entitled to the national minimum wage, paid holiday and whistleblowing protection. The court downgraded the importance of…
Website updates January to February 2021
Table of page contents Equal Treatment Bench BookUber caseExamples of reasonable adjustments: RecruitmentNHS Stammering Network Igweike v TSB BankRidout case – constructive knowledgeSources of help and adviceInsurance cover in service…
