Ms T Andrews v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis — 2024

The tribunal found that Ms T Andrews succeeded in part against the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis on disability discrimination claims. It held that the respondent discriminated against her contrary to section 15 Equality Act 2010 in relation to comments in an email of 20 May 2021, identified as complaint 11e, but not otherwise.

The tribunal also found indirect discrimination contrary to section 19 Equality Act 2010 by requiring the claimant to work in a communal room four days a week, complaint 15b, but not otherwise. The same factual requirement also gave rise to a failure to comply with the duty to make reasonable adjustments under sections 20 and 21 Equality Act 2010.

On the reasonable adjustments claim, the tribunal held that the respondent failed to make reasonable adjustments both by requiring the claimant to work in a communal room four days a week, complaint 15b, and by not permitting her husband to attend a meeting on 6 September 2021, complaint 21a, but not otherwise. The tribunal further found that the acts of discrimination extended over a period for the purposes of section 123(1)(b) Equality Act 2010 and that all claims were within the statutory time limit. No remedy figure is recorded in this judgment.