In Wood v Durham County Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the employee's tendency to steal was a manifestation of his disability and an excluded condition under the Equality Act 2010 (Disability) Regulations 2010.
In Evans v Xactly Corporation Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld an employment tribunal's ruling that calling a salesperson a "fat ginger pikey" in a working environment with a culture of "jibing and teasing"; was not harassment under the Equality Act 2010.
In X v Y Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an email containing legal advice on how to disguise a discriminatory dismissal as a redundancy is not protected by legal advice privilege and is admissible as evidence in a tribunal.
In South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust v Lee and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a decision to withdraw a job offer that was at least partially influenced by a reference that focused on the applicant's sickness absence levels was discriminatory.
In Davies v Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, an employment tribunal upheld the unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claims of a court officer whose menopausal symptoms led to an incident in which she thought her medication had contaminated a water jug.
In City of York Council v Grosset, the Court of Appeal held that the dismissal of a teacher for showing an 18-rated film to his pupils amounted to discrimination arising from his disability, even though the school had not been aware that the teacher's conduct was linked to his disability.
In Lofty v Hamis t/a First Cafe, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that, when determining whether or not a condition amounts to a disability under the Equality Act 2010, there is no distinction between different cancerous conditions or different stages of cancer.
In United First Partners Research v Nicolas Carreras, the Court of Appeal held that a pattern of repeated requests that an employee work in the evenings, which created a pressure on him to agree, was capable of amounting to a "provision, criterion or practice" (PCP) under the Equality Act 2010.
In Donelien v Liberata UK Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that the employer did not have constructive knowledge of the employee's disability and that it had done all it could "reasonably be expected to have done" to find out about the nature of the employee's health problems.
In Carrabyne v Department for Work and Pensions, the employment tribunal awarded £110,165 to a disabled claimant who was dismissed while on a final written attendance warning following an absence unrelated to her disabilities.