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Disability discrimination: Withdrawal of job offer not justified

Birtenshaw v Oldfield [2019] IRLR 946 EAT

discrimination arising from disability | disability discrimination | unfavourable treatment

In Birtenshaw v Oldfield, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the tribunal decision that the withdrawal of an employment offer after receipt of the candidate's medical report was discrimination for something arising from disability and was not justified.