Defamation
Sadler v Joyner and another [2020] EWHC 3325 (QB), [2020] All ER (D) 28 (Dec)
The claimant, a senior solicitor, brought a libel claim against the defendants, concerning statements included in a press release issued by the second defendant company and posted on a website. The Queen’s Bench Division ruled on the meaning of the statements complained of and held that they were defamatory of the claimant at common law, and that the first three statements complained of were statements of fact, while the fourth statement complained of was a statement of opinion.
Employment
Kaler v Insights ESC Ltd UKEAT/0051/20/BA, [2020] All ER (D) 75 (Sep)
The appellant employee had commenced proceedings against the respondent employer claiming, among other things, disability discrimination. The tribunal had dismissed that claim on the basis that she had not met the definition of disability at the relevant time. Shortly after the tribunal hearing, she was unexpectedly seen by a newly appointed clinical psychologist and was diagnosed with Autism. In those circumstances, the Employment Appeal Tribunal concluded that the evidence could not have been obtained
