Mr A Gibson v East Midlands Education Trust Ltd: 2601614/2022 Mr A Gibson v East Midlands Education Trust Ltd: 2601614/2022

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Case No 2601614/2022
Mr A GibsonClaimantEast Midlands Education Trust LtdRespondent
Employment Judge AhmedIn person for claimantMr Harry Wiltshire (instructed by counsel) for respondentDate 9 March 2023

JUDGMENT

[1]The claimant’s application to amend his claim to include disabilities of stress & anxiety and arthritis is refused.[2]The Claimant’s application to amend his claim by adding complaints of direct and indirect disability discrimination and a breach of the public section duty under section 149 Equality Act 2010 are refused.[3]The Claimant was a disabled person by reason of lymphoma and sleep apnoea at the material times. The issue of knowledge will be determined at the final hearing.[4]The Claimant has leave to amend his claim to include a complaint of automatic unfair dismissal by reason of having made a protected disclosure. The disclosure was made in a written statement in the course of the disciplinary investigation and is set out in yellow highlight in the bundle for today’s hearing at pages 96 and 97.