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Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1999. Full judgment: bailii.org. A woman had a disability relating to the use of her right arm and hand, and suffered pain doing various tasks. The employment…

Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1999. Full judgment: bailii.org. Since 1993 the applicant had suffered from the clinically well recognised illness of depression, but seemed to have recovered completely. Nonetheless he was…

Employment Appeal Tribunal. [1999] IRLR 158. Full judgment: bailii.org. A multiple sclerosis sufferer was dismissed. The Industrial Tribunal awarded £7,627.50 compensation, including £500 for injury to feelings. The Employment Appeal…

Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1998. Full decision: bailii.org. The applicant disclosed she had photo-sensitive epilepsy controlled by medication. Her claim failed because the employers could not be expected to know that…

Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1999. Full decision: bailii.org. An employee was dismissed after a long period of being sick off work. Only after the dismissal did it become entirely clear that…

Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1999. Full decision: bailii.org. An accountant suffered from reactive depression and was retired on medical grounds. One of the issues was whether counselling which he was having…

Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1998. Full decision: bailii.org. The applicant was a road worker. In a redundancy situation, the employing Council preferred qualified drivers. The applicant had limited movement and grip…

Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1998. Full judgment: www.bailii.org. The applicant was a paranoid schizophrenic and had been dismissed by his employer following complaints of colleagues. He imagined that others could access…

Court of Appeal, 1999. Full judgment bailii.org. The applicant was a process operator doing manual and physically demanding job. He suffered a back injury and was off work from August…