Mr A Sherriff v Stirling Council

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001232/2024 Held in Dundee on 10 March 2025 5 Employment Judge M Robison Mr A Sherriff Claimant In Person 10 Stirling Council Respondent Represented by Dr A Gibson 15 Solicitor

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Employment Tribunal, having decided that the following claims have been lodged out of time: (i) the facemask/lanyard issue; 20 (ii) the lack of support issue; and (iii) the book issue, finds that it is not just and equitable to extend time; and therefore that it does not have jurisdiction to hear those claims, which are dismissed. This case will proceed t...

REASONS

1. The claimant lodged a claim in the Employment Tribunal on 15 August 2024 claiming disability discrimination. The respondent resists the claim. 30 2. This hearing was listed following a case management preliminary hearing on 28 January 2024. At that hearing EJ McFatridge noted the respondent’s assertion that certain parts of the claim were time barred, namely the instruction to wear a mask an...

4. EJ McFatridge decided (nothwithstanding this is a discrimination claim which 15 would proceed to a final hearing in any event) that a separate preliminary hearing should be fixed when the question of time bar would be determined.