Miss A Barrow v Leeds Beckett University

Case Number: 1807482/2024

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant Respondent Miss A Barrow v Leeds Beckett University Heard at: Sheffield (by video link – Kinly Cloud)On: 11, 12 and 13 March 2026 Before: Employment Judge James Representation For the Claimant: Represented herself For the Respondent: Mr A Willoughby, counsel

JUDGMENT (1) The claim of indirect disability discrimination (s.19 Equality Act 2010) is not upheld and is dismissed. (2) The claim of failure to make reasonable adjustments (ss.20 and 21 Equality Act 2010) is not upheld and is dismissed.

REASONS The issues

1. The agreed issues which the Tribunal had to determine are set out in Annex A. It was clarified before the Tribunal started to hear the evidence that the claimant was no longer relying on the physical impairment/disability of deafness. In an email from her then solicitor, to the respondent’s solicitors, sent on 3 June 2025, it was confirmed: We refer to your previous correspondence and we acc...