Mrs G McDonald Allan v Student Loans Company Ltd — 2024

This judgment is a reconsideration decision, not a fresh merits judgment. The tribunal refused the claimant's application dated 17 September 2025 to reconsider the earlier judgment dated 16 September 2025. It held that it was not necessary in the interests of justice to reopen the case and maintained the earlier conclusion that the claimant's unlawful discrimination complaints were ill founded.

The claimant relied on a later Equality Impact Assessment and argued that it showed contemporaneous knowledge of disability. The tribunal accepted only that the respondent knew the claimant had disclosed dyslexia and dyspraxia, but held that this did not amount to knowledge of the impact of the impairments or of any relevant disadvantage. It found that the document could have been sought earlier, would require the case to be reopened, and would not probably have changed the outcome.

The tribunal reiterated that the claimant had said at recruitment that she did not have a disability and did not need adjustments, later told HR she had dyslexia and dyspraxia, but did not raise any material effect of those impairments with her line manager or during the interview process. It accepted Mr Dar's evidence that he did not know of any disadvantage and that the claimant's interview performance was consistent with how she had handled other stressful situations. The tribunal also rejected the claimant's points about the omitted adjustment wording, burden of proof, inconsistency, public sector equality duty, and the post-interview occupational health report, and refused reconsideration.