Ms L Ward v Manchester City Council

Case Number: 2412901/2023

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Ms Lorraine Ward Respondent: Manchester City Council Heard at: Manchester Employment Tribunal On: 19-21 May 2025 Before: Tribunal Judge Holt Mrs Sarah Humphreys Mr Peter Stowe Representatives Claimant: Litigant in person Respondent: Mr Stenson (Counsel)

JUDGMENT The unanimous judgment of the tribunal is that the respondent’s application to strike out the claim is rejected.

REASONS Introduction (1) The was listed for a final hearing (19, 20 & 21 May 2025). However, the case did not proceed to a final hearing because on 19 May 2025 the Respondent submitted that the Claimant had not complied with previous Tribunal Directions/Orders, as a result of which, the Respondent submitted, the list of issues was insufficiently clear. Consequently, the Respondent made an appli...

for disabled people, care leavers and armed forces covenant (“the GIS policy”). Chronology Case Number: 2412901/2023 (9) Here is a chronology of the relevant background events: (i) The Claimant was employed as an “Access Officer”, a grade 7 role. Over her long career it was her unchallenged claim that she had become very experienced in issues pertaining, inter alia, to disabled people and their...