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  • #16
    safehouse you meed to present this in as clear a way as possible and it feels like you are potentially making this quite confusing.

    Can you confirm you are setting this out in the Particulars of Claim?

    When I know the answer, I can try to provide more guidance/information in how to set this out.
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    • #17
      Yes, this is for the particulars of claim document - I am using the template you sent.

      At an estimate, there are probably around 30 instances of discrimination across 12 specific incidents.

      Some incidents constitute more than one type of discrimination.

      For example, applying a normal sickness policy to a disabled person is indirect discrimination, not modifying it in the first place for the disabled person is failure to make reasonable adjustments, and if they are off sick because of their disability, that is discrimination arising from disability. So 3 instances of discrimination from one incident.

      The only way to logically set these out is to take one incident at a time in chronological order and explain what types of discrimination have occurred within each incident.

      I can't go claim by claim because I would be constantly repeating myself because sometimes the exact same incident generates more than one claim.

      But what i really need to know is if, in the summary of claim section, I need to list all 30 claims or can say there are 7 of failure to make reasonable adjustments, 10 of indirect discrimination, 13 of discrimination arising from disability.

      Otherwise, the summary of claims section is going to look like this:

      1. failure to make reasonable adjustments.
      2. indirect discrimination
      3. failure to make reasonable adjustments
      4. indirect discrimination.
      5. failure to make reasonable adjustments
      6. discrimination arising from disability

      and so on until you have a list of 30 claims which are just repeats of the same 3 types of discrimination.

      And if there are 30 instances of discrimination, how do i number/label them so they can be identified from each other when talking about them? For example, if the judge deems some are in and some are out?

      Nobody would need to neccessarily understand the reasoning behind my numbering and lettering labelling system, all they would need to know is that there is a claim A1, a claim A2, a claim A3 etc. The benefit of using the "A" rather than just using claim 1, 2 , 3 is that it would be clear that this refers to incident A. But I could just call them claim 1, 2 ,3 up to 30.


      Under the "Details of Claim" heading I was going to set it out like this with the following sub-headings in bold.



      A. First incident (I wouldn't actually say "first incident", I would say "Claims arising from the Respondent's Actions During the Claimant's Sickness Absence")


      These are the claims:

      A1 - failure to make adjustments
      A2 - discrimination arising from disability

      These are the relevant details.

      These are the legal arguments as to why this constitutes the 2 types of discrimination listed above.


      B. Second Incident

      These are the claims:

      B1 - failure to make reasonable adjustments
      B2 - indirect discrimination

      These are the relevant details.

      These are the legal arguments as to why this constitutes the 2 types of discrimination listed above.


      C. Third incident

      repeat as above etc.



      The template you sent me doesn't seem to allow for multiple claims across multiple incidents as it doesn't suggest any sub-headings once you get to the "Details of Claim" heading or how to name / number them. If I don't split it into sub-sections, then it will be confusing because it's about 4 years of incidents to explain and the only logical way to split it up is by incident - so I need some way of labelling the incidents using either an alphabetical or numerical system.

      I also need some way of differentiating the 30 claims from each other and identifying them which has to be some sort of numerical or alphabetical system also.

      Sorry for such a long post.
      Last edited by safehouse; 25th September 2024, 22:23:PM.

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      • #18
        What I uploaded at post #8 is quite a generic template to get you started on how to set out a PoC and was in response to assist your post #7 concerns. It was not meant to be one that dealt with the specifics of the claim as I do not know that.

        Your last few posts do give me some concern about how complicated you are making this. I appreciate this is a family member you are assisting and you are naturally aggrieved at how they have been treated, however in order to give them the best support you can, you need to remain very focused and objective about what needs to be achieved at each stage of the ET process. The PoC is about setting out the the background facts, and set out what legal claims you are making and why, both clearly and succinctly.

        My understanding is this is a claim for disability discrimination, under this there are potentially 6 sub-categories of discrimination. So, I do not think you have 30 claims, what you have is 30 incidents which provide the evidence to support a number of the sub-categories of discrimination claims .

        I am also concerned you are including acts of discrimination that happened 4 years ago which leads to a question, why did this get left so long to make a claim, which is something that may well be asked at any ET hearing. Also highly difficult for witnesses on either side to be able to accurately recall incidents that took place 4 years ago.

        In order to try and assist you in drafting the PoC specific to a disability discrimination claim I will PM you a further template. Please not that I do not normally use PM so please DO NOT respond to me this way come back to this thread if you have any questions on it.
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        If you have any doubts then do please seek professional legal advice.


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        • #19
          Thanks Ula!

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          • #20
            I am close to submitting the ET1.

            In summary, there is a long campaign of disability discrimination which has left the Claimant in a position where she has been told she should seek ill health retirement both by work's occupational health and a specialist.

            At some point, it is inevitable that the employer will terminate on ill health but this will be after the ET1 is submitted.

            If this happens, we would claim that the dismissal is unfair and it is discrimination arising from disability.

            But how would we do this?

            a. apply to amend the ET1?
            b start again with a new claim with ACAS?
            c. try and pre-emptively get it in there on the current ET1?

            Thanks

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            • #21
              You will only be able to make a claim for unfair dismissal if that can be legally justified and supported with evidence, so you cannot pre-emptively make a claim when no dismissal has taken place. So you absolutely cannot try your point (c)

              Points (a) and (b) - it will entirely depend on the timing of when/if any dismissal takes place and where you are in the current ET process.
              If you would like a one-to-one expert consultation with me on your employment issue than I can be contacted by emailing admin@legalbeaglesgroup.com

              I do not provide advice by PM although I may on occasion ask you to send me documents this way but any related advice will be provided back on your thread.

              I do my best to provide good practical advice, however I do so without liability.
              If you have any doubts then do please seek professional legal advice.


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