C Backhouse v Bowen Fluid Engineering Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000821/2024 Held in Edinburgh on 25 October 2024 5 Employment Judge Sutherland Charles Backhouse Claimant Represented by Ms McLaughlan, Solicitor 10 Bowen Fluid Engineering Limited Respondent Represented by: Mr Philp, Consultant

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Judgment of the Tribunal in respect of the complaint of failure to make reasonable adjustments prior to 25 July 2024 is that: 20 1. The respondent’s application for strike out is refused;

2. The respondent’s application for a deposit order is refused

REASONS Introduction

1. The claimant has made complaints of direct disability discrimination, 25 discrimination arising from disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments and harassment. The claimant asserts disability by reason of a basal ganglia haemorrhage (a stroke) on 15 March 2023 which caused paralysis of his left arm and rendered him unable to walk and dependent upon a wheelchair. The respondent accept...