3PB Employment Barrister Thomas O'Donohoe successful in Disability Discrimination case
3rd June 2016
Thomas O’Donohoe successfully represented the claimant in a claim for failure to make reasonable adjustments and s.15 disability discrimination at a 3-day final hearing at London Central employment tribunal against a major transport company.?
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