In person For the v Respondent — 2025

The claimant brought Equality Act 2010 complaints under sections 13 and 15 after the respondent withdrew a job offer in April 2013. He said he had autistic spectrum disorder, was diagnosed in 2019, and only appreciated in late 2020 the possible link between his condition and the withdrawal of the offer.

The tribunal accepted the claimant's explanation for the delay and accepted that he would be significantly prejudiced if the claim did not proceed. It also accepted that the respondent would be significantly prejudiced by having to meet the claim after more than seven years, particularly where recollection and documents about knowledge in April 2013 would be important.

For the time-limit application, the tribunal assumed, without deciding, that the offer was withdrawn because of behaviour arising from ASD and that ASD was a disability under the Equality Act 2010. It found the claim weak because the contemporaneous documents made it difficult for the claimant to establish the respondent's constructive knowledge of disability in April 2013, and held that it was not just and equitable to extend time.