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Diplomat’s appeal defeat ‘is setback for disabled high-flyers’

14/10/2011 – 9:00 am

A tribunal’s decision to reject the appeal of a diplomat over the support she needed to do her job in a new foreign posting undermines the career prospects of other high-flying disabled people, say campaigners.
Jane Cordell, who is profoundly Deaf, lost her employment appeal tribunal in a disability discrimination case against the Foreign Office over [...]

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Diplomat loses legal fight over reasonable adjustments

12/11/2010 – 10:43 am

A high-flying diplomat’s career is “in limbo” after she lost a disability discrimination case against the Foreign Office over the support she needed to do her job in a new posting.
Jane Cordell, who is profoundly Deaf, had been offered the job of deputy ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgystan, but the offer was withdrawn because the [...]

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