Website updates July to August 2026
Practice interviews for people who stammer 50 Million Voices is offering free online practice interviews, 12th – 19th October 2026: Practice interviews for people who stammer. Case on reasonable adjustments…
M v Joseph Heler
The claimant applied for two jobs with the employer, saying in his CV that he had ‘excellent communication skills despite having a stammer’. He was not appointed. He claimed this…
Services Code of Practice 2026
This took effect as a statutory Code of Practice on 5th August 2026. The new Code The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has now issued its revised Services, public…
Practice interviews for people who stammer
50 Million Voices is offering free online practice interviews, 12th – 19th October 2026. If you stammer, you can participate as an interviewee or an interviewer. If you don’t stammer,…
Tait v Holiday Extras: reasonable adjustments in call centre
The claimant had various disabilities, mostly mental. She worked in a call centre. This dealt mainly with voice calls, but also chat and email. An employment tribunal upheld many of…
Website updates May to June 2026
New Services Code of Practice A draft revised Services, public functions and associations: Statutory Code of Practice (gov.uk) was laid before Parliament in May 2026, and is likely to take…
Truman v SPL Powerlines UK
The claimant applied for a safety-critical job in the rail industry. He needed a Sentinel card from Network Rail for this, which required a drug and alcohol test. He was…
Website updates March to April 2026
M v Jacksons Dairy: perceived discrimination In M v Jacksons Dairy, the claimant mentioned his stammer in his CV when applying for a job. He was rejected without an interview….
M v Jacksons Dairy
The claimant mentioned his stammer in his CV when applying for a job. He was rejected without an interview. He did not claim that he had a disability within the…
Website updates January to February 2026
GCSEs and A-levels Update of GCSEs, A-levels and stammering/stuttering. It includes a specific example of extra time for stammering in 2025/26 JCQ guidance. Maritime and Coastguard Agency v Groom: paid…
Rubery v Ministry of Defence
S.121 Equality Act 2010 (EqA) requires serving members of the armed forces to bring a service complaint before starting an EqA tribunal claim. The Court of Appeal rejected an argument…
Maritime and Coastguard Agency v Groom: paid “volunteers”
The Court of Appeal held that Coastal Rescue Officers (CROs) had legal rights as “workers”, despite being called volunteers. For many of their activities they had the right to claim…
L & Dunn v Ministry of Defence: no disability discrimination claim by former member of armed forces
The Equality Act 2010 (EqA) employment provisions exclude disability discrimination claims by members of the armed forces. On the wording of the EqA, such claims by former members are also…
Website updates November to December 2025
Research on eyewitness testimony of people who stammer Recent study by the University of Bath, including credibility of witnesses who stammer compared with those who do not, with mock jurors….
Bailey v Stonewall: “causing” another person to discriminate
The Court of Appeal discussed the test for whether a person “caused” discrimination by another, so as to be liable under s.111(2) Equality Act 2010 (EqA). The court said that…
CRE v ISTD: “inducing” discrimination
In this 1982 case, an employer asked the head of careers at a school for suitable applicants for a job. The employer said it would rather she did not send…
