Miss M Shields v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000737/2025 Held in Edinburgh by CVP on 1 and 29 September 2025 Employment Judge J M Hendry Miss M Shields Claimant In Person Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs Respondent Represented by: Ms C McDairmant, Solicitor

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (One) The Tribunal makes an Order underSection 49(1) of the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2024 restricting the public disclosure of the claimant’s medical history and health conditions. (Two) The Tribunal exercises its discretion in favour of the claimant to allow the claims for disability discrimination contained in the ET1 to proceed although late....

REASONS 8000737/2025 Page 2

1. In her ET1 the claimant made claims for disability discrimination. The core complaint was that she had been excluded from applying for a promoted post because she was a home worker. The respondents argued that the claims were misconceived and in any event out of time.

2. A case management hearing took place on the 3 June 2025. The claims at that point had been identified as claims of discrimination arising from disability under s15 of the Equality Act 2010 and claims of failure to make reasonable adjustments under s20 and 21 of the Equality Act 2010. Disability status was not conceded at that point but has since been conceded.