Miss F Fagade v Amazon UK Services Limited — 2023

The tribunal considered at a preliminary hearing whether the claimant was disabled under the Equality Act 2010 at the material time by reason of anxiety disorder. It found that the claimant had provided limited medical evidence, that her evidence was inconsistent in places, and that the available evidence did not establish that she had anxiety disorder during her employment with the respondent.

The tribunal found that even if the claimant had suffered a mental impairment in October 2020, the evidence did not show that it continued during 2021, had lasted at least 12 months at the material time, or was likely to recur. It also found there was no evidence that anxiety disorder had a more than minor or trivial adverse effect on her day-to-day activities while employed by the respondent. The disability discrimination claims were therefore dismissed.

The claimant also applied for an anonymity order. The tribunal refused the application, finding that the claimant had not provided clear, cogent and persuasive evidence sufficient to depart from the principle of open justice.