Case 1305649/2018 · Employment Tribunal
Mr C Handley v Highways England Company Limited — 2019
- Case reference
- 1305649/2018
- Decision date
- 1 August 2019
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Miller Representation
- Venue
- Birmingham
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Mr C Handley
Respondent
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningAt Birmingham on 30 July 2019, Employment Judge Miller dealt with preliminary issues in Mr C Handley's disability discrimination complaints against Highways England Company Ltd. The tribunal found that the complaints arising from acts on 15 June 2018 were brought outside the ordinary three-month time limit, but that they were made within such further period as the tribunal considered just and equitable.
The tribunal also refused to strike out the complaints arising from acts before 15 June 2018. It accepted that the claimant had established a reasonably arguable basis for saying that the complaints were either conduct extending over a period or an ongoing state of affairs. The tribunal left for later determination whether those earlier complaints did in fact amount to conduct extending over a period.
No merits decision was made in this judgment and no remedy was awarded. The written record notes that reasons had been given orally at the hearing and that the case would proceed on the unresolved issues identified in the judgment.
Claims and outcomes
1 finding recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disability discrimination | Preliminary ruling only. The tribunal held that the complaints arising from acts on 15 June 2018 were presented after the ordinary three-month time limit, but that they were brought within such further period as the tribunal considered just and equitable. It also held that the complaints based on acts before 15 June 2018 were not struck out. | Other | Disability | — |
Legal tests applied
4 references- just and equitable
- reasonably arguable basis
- conduct extending over a period
- ongoing state of affairs
Official outcome judgment PDF
Gov.uk primary recordThe official judgment PDF on gov.uk contains the tribunal's outcome, reasoning, and any remedy details. Where this page does not yet show extracted outcomes for every claim, use the PDF as the authoritative source.
Published on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How we got this data
Case essentials (reference, date, judge, venue, country, claim categories) are extracted from the structured metadata gov.uk publishes alongside each decision. Parties and monetary figures are extracted from the judgment PDF text. Key findings and per-claim outcomes require a second extraction pass that is not yet complete for this case — until then, the primary source linked above is the authoritative record. See full methodology.
Named in this case and want it removed? Submit a takedown request. The page will be withdrawn on receipt and the editor will follow up within five working days.