Mr R Munro v SGL Carbon Fibers Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) 5 Case No: 4101860/2023 Held at Inverness on 7 August 2023 10 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr R Munro Claimant In Person 15 SGL Carbon Fibers Ltd Respondent 20 Represented by Mr K Tudhope, Solicitor 25

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL 30 The Judgment of the Tribunal is that:- 1. the claimant is a disabled person, by virtue of his Autism, within the meaning of s.6 of the Equality Act 2010; 35 2. the claims are struck out in respect of a failure to comply with Tribunal Orders, in terms of Rule 37(1)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulation...

E.T. Z4 (WR) S/4101860/2023 Page 2 3. the claims have no reasonable prospect of success and are struck out, in terms of Rule 37(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure Regulations 2013. 5

REASONS Introduction 10 1. The claimant, Mr Robbie Munro, sought to advance claims of disability discrimination and of so-called “automatic unfair dismissal” for making a protected disclosure (colloquially known as “whistleblowing”).

2. The case called before me by way of a Preliminary Hearing to consider the 15 following issues:-  Whether the claimant was a disabled person, in terms of s.6 of the Equality Act 2010  Whether the claims should be struck out as having “no reasonable 20 prospect of success”, in terms of Rule 37(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) 2013 (“the Ru...