In Taylor v OCS Group Ltd [2006] IRLR 613 CA, the Court of Appeal holds that defects in the conduct of a disciplinary hearing are capable of being "cured" in an internal appeal even if it does not amount to a full rehearing of the issue. In addition, a deaf employee not given the opportunity to have an interpreter at his disciplinary hearing was not treated less favourably for a reason related to his disability.
In NTL Group Ltd v Difolco [2006] EWCA Civ 1508 CA, the Court of Appeal has held that the duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled person does not include converting a full-time vacancy to a part-time one before he or she has applied for the job.
In Moyhing v Barts and London NHS Trust EAT/0085/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that an employer's policy of chaperoning male nurses carrying out intimate procedures on female patients was sex discrimination. The claimant was entitled to feel that the policy subjected him to a detriment.
In Brunel University and another v Vaseghi and another EAT/0307/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the need to get to the truth in discrimination cases can override the rule that prevents settlement discussions between parties' representatives from being admissible as evidence.