10 June 2016
Risby v London Borough of Waltham Forest UKEAT/0318/15/DM, [2016] All ER (D) 219 (Mar)
The Employment Appeal Tribunal allowed the employee’s appeal against the employment tribunal’s decision dismissing his claim for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination. It held that the tribunal had erred in requiring a direct connection to be established between the employee’s disability (paraplegia) and the conduct that had led to his dismissal. In so doing, the tribunal had misinterpreted s 15 of the Equality Act 2010.
