XYZ v Birmingham City Council

The EAT allowed parts of the appeal and remitted disability and time limit issues to the same tribunal. Other grounds were dismissed.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal gave judgment in XYZ v Birmingham City Council on 5 October 2026. The claimant is anonymised as XYZ. The appeal concerned the Employment Tribunal’s handling of disability discrimination, age discrimination and the time allowed for certain discrimination complaints.

The appeal had seven grounds. The appeal succeeded on grounds two, three, four and seven. These concerned discrimination arising from disability, the continuation of disciplinary proceedings, a related constructive discriminatory dismissal complaint and whether time should be extended on just and equitable grounds.