Case 6000458/2024 · Employment Tribunal
Mr C Hindley-Matic v City College, Plymouth — 2025
- Case reference
- 6000458/2024
- Decision date
- 18 September 2025
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Hastie Representation
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Mr C Hindley-Matic
Respondent
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningThe claimant brought claims of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination against City College, Plymouth. The discrimination claims were described as claims under section 15 Equality Act 2010 and section 21 Equality Act 2010, and the preliminary hearing was limited to whether the claimant was disabled at the material times.
The tribunal found that the claimant was disabled by reason of his cancer diagnosis, applying paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Equality Act 2010. It was not persuaded that the asserted impairments of physical/chronic fatigue, cognitive fatigue/chemo brain, or emotional regulatory difficulties, separately or together, established disability status on any additional basis.
The claimant did not pursue phantom rectum and bowel dysfunction or peripheral neuropathy and tremors as separate asserted impairments. The tribunal also found insufficient evidence to conclude that those matters amounted to disabilities at the material time, and the case was to be listed for a further case management hearing.
Claims and outcomes
2 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unfair dismissal | The judgment records that the claimant brings an unfair dismissal claim, but this preliminary judgment did not determine the merits or outcome of that claim. | Other | — | — |
| Disability discrimination | The preliminary issue was disability status under section 6 Equality Act 2010. The tribunal found that the claimant was disabled by reason of cancer only, but not by reason of the other asserted impairments. | Other | Disability | — |
Legal tests applied
7 references- section 6 Equality Act 2010
- paragraph 2 Schedule 1 Equality Act 2010
- paragraph 6 Schedule 1 Equality Act 2010
- Morgan v Staffordshire University
- Goodwin v Patent Office
- Paterson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- McDougall v Richmond Adult Community College
Official outcome judgment PDF
Gov.uk primary recordThe official judgment PDF on gov.uk contains the tribunal's outcome, reasoning, and any remedy details. Where this page does not yet show extracted outcomes for every claim, use the PDF as the authoritative source.
Published on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How we got this data
Case essentials (reference, date, judge, venue, country, claim categories) are extracted from the structured metadata gov.uk publishes alongside each decision. Parties and monetary figures are extracted from the judgment PDF text. Key findings and per-claim outcomes require a second extraction pass that is not yet complete for this case — until then, the primary source linked above is the authoritative record. See full methodology.
Named in this case and want it removed? Submit a takedown request. The page will be withdrawn on receipt and the editor will follow up within five working days.