Case 8001010/2025 · Employment Tribunal
(sitting alone) Mr D Morgan v Royal Mail Group Limited — 2025
- Case reference
- 8001010/2025
- Decision date
- 20 October 2025
- Jurisdiction
- Scotland
- Judge
- Employment Judge Walker
- Venue
- Glasgow
Parties
2 namedClaimant
(sitting alone) Mr D Morgan
Respondent
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningThe Tribunal considered disability status for the period from 4 November 2024, when the claimant started work for the respondent in Prestwick, until 5 March 2025, the latest possible date of dismissal. The claimant relied on stress, anxiety and depression, and gave evidence about longstanding mental health difficulties, including a diagnosis of depression and anxiety in 2017 and a psychiatric admission in 2018.
The Tribunal accepted the claimant's evidence that anxiety and depression continued during the relevant period. It found that, although he was able to mask symptoms at work and was described by his line manager as an excellent worker, his impairment affected day-to-day activities including personal hygiene, shopping, using public transport and socialising. The Tribunal did not find a substantial adverse effect in relation to eating, and did not find a separate impairment of stress.
The Tribunal concluded that the adverse effects were substantial and long-term, and that the claimant was disabled at the relevant time. It also granted the claimant's application concerning a failure to make reasonable adjustments claim, treating it as further particulars of a claim already set out rather than a new complaint, and allowed the respondent time to amend its ET3.
Claims and outcomes
1 finding recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disability discrimination | Preliminary judgment only. The Tribunal decided that the claimant was a disabled person under the Equality Act 2010 from 4 November 2024 until 5 March 2025, and granted an application to include/further particularise a reasonable adjustments claim. The merits of the disability discrimination claims were not determined. | Other | Disability | — |
Legal tests applied
5 references- s.6 Equality Act 2010
- Schedule 1 paragraph 2(1) Equality Act 2010
- Schedule 1 paragraph 2(2) Equality Act 2010
- McDougall v Richmond Adult Community College 2008 ICR 431
- Goodwin v Patent Office [1999] IRLR 4
Official outcome judgment PDF
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