Direct discrimination
Where a person is treated unfavourably on a prohibited ground because of a protected characteristic.
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Directions
Orders made by the court for the things that need to be done to get the claim ready for trial.
Directions, hearings for directions
The old term for case management discussions. As mentioned, “case management discussion” is now the old term for “preliminary hearing”. These terms now seem to be revised as often as the names of government departments.
Disability
A disability is defined in section 6(1) of the Equality Act 2010: “A person (‘P’) has a disability if (a) he has a physical or mental impairment, and (b) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on P’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.” The definition is wide and can include people […]
Disbursement
Extra expenses over and above the solicitor’s fees.
Disciplinary procedure
A procedure followed by the employer in dealing with disciplinary matters. Employers who do not have written disciplinary procedures are frequently penalised in ETs. We can produce a disciplinary procedure for your business. If you are an employee we can check that your employer is following their procedure.
Disclosure of documents
The formal process of parties revealing relevant documents to each other. The term “discovery” is still sometimes used.
Discovery
An old fashioned term for disclosure of documents.
Disposal hearing
Short hearing to decide the amount of damages to be awarded where a judgment in default has been entered.
Distinguish
Distinguishing an earlier case from the one being examined means showing that the two decisions are different in some material respect. If such a distinction can be made then the ET will not be expected to follow the earlier authority.