Case report round-up: Dismissals following reopened disciplinary proceedings were not unfair

The latest XpertHR case reports cover:

Unfair dismissal: Dismissals following reopened disciplinary proceedings were not unfair In Christou and another v London Borough of Haringey [2013] IRLR 379 CA, the Court of Appeal held that there is no rule of law precluding an employer from reopening disciplinary proceedings and imposing a harsher penalty such as dismissal. The issue was whether or not it was reasonable for the employer to do so, and the fact that the employees in this case had previously been given a warning in relation to the same matter did not render the dismissals unfair.
Disability discrimination: Employee who suffered from "functional overlay accentuated by obesity" was disabled In Walker v Sita Information Networking Computing Ltd EAT/0097/12, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an obese employee who genuinely suffered from multiple symptoms that were not explained by either a pathological process or any significant physical changes was disabled.

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