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Applicant ordered to sign consent form releasing internal medical records to employer to allow Response.
The respondent employer requested an order requiring the applicant to sign a consent form allowing the respondent access to the applicant's medical records held by its internal Occupational Medicine Department.
The respondent argued it needed these records to file a complete Response to the applicant's disability discrimination claim.
The Tribunal granted the request, finding that the respondent could not meaningfully respond to the allegations without access to its own records regarding its interactions with the applicant, and ordered the applicant to provide the consent form.
Tribunal removes former employer as respondent where applicant made no allegations against it.
Thames Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) requested to be removed as a respondent to a human rights application alleging discrimination on the basis of disability.
The applicant originally named Middlesex-London Emergency Medical Services Authority (MLEMSA) as the sole respondent, alleging discrimination when she was not offered employment after MLEMSA took over services from TEMS.
MLEMSA added the union as a respondent, and the union subsequently added TEMS.
Applying the Smyth test, the Tribunal found that the applicant had not raised any allegations against TEMS that could support a finding of a Code violation.
The request was granted and TEMS was removed as a respondent.
