Mrs A Trocan v Amazon UK Services Limited — 2025

The Claimant had originally brought claims of direct disability discrimination, direct race discrimination and direct sex discrimination. She later applied to amend her claim, and by the time of the amendment hearing the only amendment pursued was to add a failure to make reasonable adjustments claim. The Respondent opposed the application.

The tribunal considered the Claimant's status as a litigant in person, but found that the proposed amendment was an entirely new claim rather than a re-labelling of the existing claims. The tribunal noted that the Claimant had given no reason for the delay, with the result that the new claim was out of time.

The tribunal also found a fundamental flaw in the proposed reasonable adjustments claim because the Claimant had not identified a correct provision, criterion or practice. The tribunal concluded that refusing the amendment would not cause undue hardship to the Claimant, who could still pursue her other claims, while the balance of hardship fell heavily on the Respondent. The application to amend was dismissed.