14 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome
Discrimination and Whistleblowing
Heard at Leeds
The claimant succeeded in his whistleblowing detriment claim but failed in his disability discrimination claim; remedy for the successful claim is to be determined at a later hearing.
Legal Issues (5)
- Disability discrimination under sections 20 and 21 Equality Act 2010 – whether the respondent applied a provision
- criterion or practice (PCP) that placed the claimant at a substantial disadvantage
- whether the respondent had a duty to make reasonable adjustments as an employment service provider. Whistleblowing detriment under section 47B Employment Rights Act 1996 – whether the disclosure was a qualifying protected disclosure under section 43B (information tending to show a failure of health and safety protection
- in the public interest)
- whether the disclosure was a material cause of the detrimental treatment (cessation of shifts and termination).