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Employment Tribunal did not err in law when it found that it did not have jurisdiction to hear
a complaint presented 88 seconds outside the prescribed three-month period: held the EAT
in Beasley v National Grid Electricity Transmission UKEAT/0626/06/DM

Pursuant to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, appropriate measures must be taken to
enable workers to advance in her and his employment. Since the effect of the disability of a
worker was that he needed extra time to do his assessment for promotion, without which his
promotion prospects may be adversely affected, then it must be said to hinder participation
in professional life: held the EAT in Paterson v The Commissioner of the Police
Metropolis UKEAT/0635/06/LA

Statutory reverse burden of proof pursuant to s54A of the Race Relations Act 1976 ("RRA
1976") does not apply to discrimination by way of victimisation contrary to s2 of RRA 1976:
held the EAT in Oyarce v Cheshire County Council UKEAT/0557/06/DA

Course leading to student's eligibility to final year of a degree at university deemed not to be
a course below degree level. Consequently, intention to leave UK at the end of studies
inapplicable: R.S. Thakuri v SSHD (IA/02974/2005)

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