Ms Lena Nasr v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust — 2026

The tribunal considered a preliminary issue about whether the claimant was a disabled person at the relevant times. The claimant originally relied on mental health and sight impairments, but by the hearing relied only on a sight impairment described in her disability impact statement and medical evidence.

The tribunal found that the claimant had a physical impairment, medically diagnosed as narrow or closed drainage angles leading to ophthalmic or retinal migraines. It accepted that the impairment had substantial adverse effects on normal day-to-day activities and that those effects were long term, including because intermittent effects were likely to recur.

The tribunal concluded that the sight impairment was not cured by iridotomy procedures and that any adverse effects had not been permanently reduced to minor or trivial. It therefore held that the claimant had a disability for the purposes of section 6 Equality Act 2010 during the relevant period of 13 February 2023 to 10 May 2024.