Case 3200503/2021 · Employment Tribunal

Mrs D Kelly v London Borough of Newham — 2023

Case reference: 3200503/2021
Decision date: 13 February 2023
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Moor Members
Panel members: Miss S Harwood, Mr L O’Callaghan

Indexed: 19 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Mrs D Kelly

Respondent

London Borough of Newham

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The tribunal held that the Respondent failed, contrary to the Equality Act 2010, to make the reasonable adjustment of providing questions in advance of the Assistant Finance Manager interview on 1 September 2020. It found it was just and equitable to extend time for that claim.

All other reasonable adjustment complaints did not succeed. The direct age discrimination and direct disability discrimination claims about the failure to slot in and failure to appoint to Assistant Finance Manager and Finance Manager posts did not succeed.

The indirect discrimination claim was dismissed after being withdrawn on 18 October 2021. The tribunal also found that the Respondent did not harass the Claimant relating to her disability.

Claims and outcomes

6 findings recorded

This case has mixed outcomes under at least one legal claim type. A tribunal can uphold some allegations and dismiss others under the same legal head, so rows below may represent separate issues or allegation groups from the judgment.

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Disability discrimination	The upheld complaint was failure to make the reasonable adjustment of providing questions in advance of the Assistant Finance Manager interview on 1 September 2020. Time was extended on just and equitable grounds.	Upheld	Disability	—
Disability discrimination	All other claims of failures to make reasonable adjustments did not succeed.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Age discrimination	Direct age discrimination claims did not succeed in relation to the failure to slot in and the failure to appoint to Assistant Finance Manager and Finance Manager posts.	Dismissed	Age	—
Disability discrimination	Direct disability discrimination claims did not succeed in relation to the failure to slot in and the failure to appoint to Assistant Finance Manager and Finance Manager posts.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Other	The indirect discrimination claim was dismissed, having been withdrawn on 18 October 2021. The extracted judgment text does not identify the protected characteristic for this claim.	Withdrawn	—	—

Legal tests applied

2 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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