RD and GD v The Proprietor of Horizon Primary (Responsible Body) (SEN): [2020] UKUT 278 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Judge Lane on 30 September 2020.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 10 November 2020

• Categories: Disability discrimination in schools, Equality Act and Tribunal procedure and practice
• Sub-categories: Tribunal procedure and practice - fair hearing, Tribunal procedure and practice - other, Tribunal procedure and practice - tribunal membership and procedure and Tribunal procedure and practice - tribunal practice
• Judges: Lane, S
• Decision date: 30 September 2020

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Judicial Summary

Registration procedure for disability discrimination claims 바카라 사이트“refusal to register part of a claim as 바카라 사이트˜time barred바카라 사이트™ in plainly disputed issue 바카라 사이트“ ignorance or oversight of relevant law (Equality Act 2010, Schedule 17, paras 4(5)(b) (conduct extending over a period) and 4(3) (discretion to extend time) 바카라 사이트“ refusal tantamount to striking out without protection of relevant Procedure Rules 바카라 사이트“ decision made unilaterally by judge without argument 바카라 사이트“ requirement to exercise a statutory discretion conscioiusly - lay appellant 바카라 사이트“ standard paragraphs in information in Directions both misleading and in regrettably small print 바카라 사이트“ was unfairness at interlocutory stage made good by F-tT at the hearing?

Discrimination arising from disability (s. 15) 바카라 사이트“ more than one cause 바카라 사이트“ when is a cause operative 바카라 사이트“ more than trivial 바카라 사이트“ structured approach to findings on proportionality 바카라 사이트“ materiality.

Reasonable adjustments (s20 바카라 사이트“ 21) 바카라 사이트“ need for structured approach 바카라 사이트“ failure to find a PCP or a comparator 바카라 사이트“ claim should have failed in limine

Extent of interaction of Children and Families Act 2014 duties and Equality Act 2010 duties. F-T v The Governors of Hampton Dene Primary School (SEN) [2016] UKUT 468 (AAC) distinguished and disapproved.

Published 10 November 2020