Claimant v Apple Retail UK Limited

The tribunal determined at preliminary hearing that the claimant was not a disabled person within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010 at the relevant time, which is a jurisdictional requirement for any disability discrimination claim. Without meeting the definition of disability, the discrimination claims could not proceed.

As the tribunal found the claimant was not disabled within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010, the reasonable adjustments claim necessarily failed. The duty to make reasonable adjustments only applies to disabled persons, and this jurisdictional threshold was not met.

The unfair dismissal claim remains live and will proceed to a full merits hearing scheduled for 11-13 February 2025. The tribunal reduced the hearing allocation to 3 days to determine this remaining claim.