Website updates May to June 2019
Table of page contents Employment stammering networksExamples of jobsStamma.org launchWork placements for students Employment stammering networks Some companies and organistions have networks of staff who stammer. There may be one…
This site is now on WordPress!
From June 2019 this site has a more modern look. It also works much better on smartphones. For the past few months I’ve been busy moving this website onto WordPress,…
Website updates to April 2019
Recent updates to this website. Table of page contents April 2019March 2019February 2019January 2019December 2018October 2018 April 2019 Update of the three Vento bands for compensation for injury to feelings…
Trustees of Swansea University Pension & Assurance Scheme v Williams
The claimant was entitled to an early pension only because of his disability, but it was less than it would have been for a disability which came on suddenly. It…
C & C v The Governing Body of a School
Regulations say that a tendency to physical abuse cannot be a disability under Equality Act 2010. It had therefore been held that an autistic child with a tendency to lash…
Natwest advert withdrawn
A BSA member showed that complaining can make a difference when he tweeted about an insensitive advert. A NatWest advert read: ‘Making sure your start-up doesn’t stutter’. A British Stammering…
Unite the Union v Nailard
The Court of Appeal held that failure of managers to do enough to prevent harassment by a third party was only a breach of the Equality Act if the manager…
Lee v Ashers Baking (‘gay cake’ case)
A bakery in Northern Ireland refused to supply a cake iced with the message “support gay marriage” because of the religious beliefs of its owners. The Supreme Court held this…
Enver Şahin v Turkey
A university in Turkey had not made adjustments to a building to make it accessible for a paraplegic student. The Human Rights court in Strasbourg held this was discrimination contrary…
M v Mitie Aviation Security
A claimant who spoke fast, and may or may not have had cluttering or a stammer, was held not to have a disability within the Equality Act. Employment tribunal, June…
Petrol station (July 2017)
A civil servant claims that staff at a Sainsburys petrol station mimicked his stammer when he had difficulty pronouncing his pump number, and laughed at his speech. According to him…
Blamires v Local Government Ombudsman
The claimant had ME/CFS, and also dystonia which affected her speech. She referred a complaint against a county council to the Local Government Ombudsman and requested support because of her…
Bus driver laughs at passenger’s stammer (March 2017)
A bus company in Staffordshire apologised to a customer after one of its drivers laughed at her as she tried to buy a ticket. She said the driver put his…
Coffee shop mocks stammer on customer’s cup (January 2017)
Starbucks asks a customer’s name when he or she orders a drink, and writes it on the cup. In this particular case, when the customer stammered on his name the…
Paulley v First Group plc
A bus company had a policy that if a wheelchair user needed the wheelchair space, the driver would request other passengers to vacate it, but would not require them to….
Galo v Bombadier Aerospace
The court overturned a Northern Irish industrial tribunal decision because the tribunal had not made appropriate adjustments for the claimant’s Asperger’s Syndrome. The tribunal should have paid attention to the…
