Mr. R Davies v Planning Solutions — 2024

The tribunal considered whether the claimant had a disability within the meaning of section 6 and Schedule 1 of the Equality Act 2010 during the agreed relevant period of 26 March 2021 to 6 June 2023. The alleged impairments were dyslexia, probable ADHD and chronic anxiety, with some other conditions mentioned but not relied on in the proceedings.

The tribunal accepted that dyslexia and stated learning difficulties were long-term, but found that the claimant had not shown a substantial adverse effect on normal day-to-day activities. It also accepted that the claimant experienced anxiety, including heightened anxiety from February 2023, but found insufficient evidence that it had a substantial adverse effect, that any such heightened effect was long-term, or what the deduced effect would have been without medication.

Accordingly, the tribunal found that the claimant was not disabled at the material time. His complaints of unlawful disability discrimination were dismissed, while the remaining claims were stated to be unaffected by the decision.