Disability Discrimination: Job Rejection Allowed, Dismissal Claims Out of Time

OUTCOME: Allowed in Part

Case No. 2410939/2023

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS

Claimant: [redacted]

HELD AT:

Liverpool (by CVP) ON: 19 February 2026 BEFORE: Judge Cowx (sitting alone)

REPRESENTATION:

Claimant: [redacted] Unrepresented

JUDGMENT

1. The claimant’s claim of direct discrimination on grounds of disability contrary to Section 13 and his claim of discrimination arising from disability contrary to Section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 which pertain to the rejection of his job application on 20 June 2023 are well founded and succeed.

2. For injured feelings the Tribunal awards the claimant £8,000. The claimant is entitled to interest on the above awards at the rate of 8% per annum. The award for injury to feelings was therefore increased to £9,710.

3. No award was made for financial loss.

4. The claimant’s claims of direct discrimination on grounds of disability contrary to Section 13 and his claims of discrimination arising from disability contrary to Section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 which pertain to his dismissal on 26 November 2020 and the rejection of his job application on 28 June 2021 were presented out of time on the 28 September 2023. They were also not presented within such other period as was just and equitable. Pursuant to Section 123(a) of the Equality Act 2010 the Tribunal has no jurisdiction to hear these claims and they are dismissed on this basis.

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Judge Cowx

16 January 2026

JUDGMENT SENT TO THE PARTIES ON

16 April 2026

FOR THE TRIBUNAL OFFICE

Notes

1. Reasons for the judgment having been given orally at the hearing, written reasons will not be provided unless a request was made by either party at the hearing or a written request is presented by either party within 14 days of the sending of this written record of the decision.

2. Judgments and reasons for the judgments are published, in full, online at www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions shortly after a copy has been sent to the claimant(s) and [APPELLANT](s) in a case.

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NOTICE

THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (INTEREST) ORDER 1990 ARTICLE 12

Case number: 2410939/2023

Name of case: [APPELLANT]

v [NAME] [RESPONDENT] [COMPANY] (in administration)

Interest is payable when an Employment Tribunal makes an award or determination requiring one party to proceedings to pay a sum of money to another party, apart from sums representing costs or expenses.

No interest is payable if the sum is paid in full within 14 days after the date the Tribunal sent the written record of the decision to the parties. The date the Tribunal sent the written record of the decision to the parties is called the relevant decision day.

Interest starts to accrue from the day immediately after the relevant decision day. That is called the calculation day.

The rate of interest payable is the rate specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 on the relevant decision day. This is known as the stipulated rate of interest.

The Secretary of the Tribunal is required to give you notice of the relevant decision day, the calculation day, and the stipulated rate of interest in your case. They are as follows:

the relevant decision day in this case is: 16 April 2026

the calculation day in this case is: 17 April 2026

the stipulated rate of interest is: 8% per annum.

[NAME] For the Employment Tribunal Office

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GUIDANCE NOTE

1. There is more information about Tribunal judgments here, which you should read with this guidance note: www.gov.uk/government/publications/employment-tribunal-hearings-judgment-guide-t426

If you do not have access to the internet, you can ask for a paper copy by telephoning the Tribunal office dealing with the claim.

2. The payment of interest on Employment Tribunal awards is governed by The Employment Tribunals (Interest) Order 1990. Interest is payable on Employment Tribunal awards if they remain wholly or partly unpaid more than 14 days after the relevant decision day. Sums in the award that represent costs or expenses are excluded. Interest starts to accrue from the day immediately after the relevant decision day, which is called the calculation day.

3. The date of the relevant decision day in your case is set out in the Notice. If the judgment is paid in full by that date, no interest will be payable. If the judgment is not paid in full by that date, interest will start to accrue from the next day.

4. Requesting written reasons after you have received a written judgment does not change the date of the relevant decision day.

5. Interest will be calculated as simple interest accruing from day to day on any part of the sum of money awarded by the Tribunal that remains unpaid.

6. If the person paying the Tribunal award is required to pay part of it to a public authority by way of tax or National Insurance, no interest is payable on that part.

7. If the Secretary of State has claimed any part of the sum awarded by the Tribunal in a recoupment notice, no interest is payable on that part.

8. If the sum awarded is varied, either because the Tribunal reconsiders its own judgment, or following an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal or a higher court, interest will still be payable from the calculation day but it will be payable on the new sum not the sum originally awarded.

9. The online information explains how Employment Tribunal awards are enforced. The interest element of an award is enforced in the same way.