'IN'equality Act 2010 fails to protect Disabled Individual

FrankV

4 gruelling years of Litigation in Person (not by choice, rather due to not being able to source counsel proficient in Disability Discrimination) in 2 Disability Discrimination Cases
 - 1 Employment and 
 - 1 Civil
the final outcome resulted in a total loss on ALL counts of unlawful discrimination. Absolutely disgusted by the Justice System and their failure to protect a vulnerable adult according to Legislation!

For all the time, effort and public expense that is took to create the Equality Act 2010, it is not worth the paper that it may be written on. There is an awful lot of literature with regards to what constitutes to unlawful discrimination distributed in paper and online, and for all it is worth based on my own experience, does not mean anything! 

Having been physically and mentally abused by my previous employer, despite their failings in health and safety, due to an oversight on my behalf during litigation, I failed to include an attachment in an email sent to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, for which I then spent a year appealing against the Registrar's brutal decision to refuse the application, and still failed. Further appeal through the Court of Appeal again resulted in failure.

Upon making an enquiry at my GP reception with regards to an incorrect prescription for medication for my mental health condition, the Receptionist was blatantly rude towards me in full view of the waiting area, resulting in triggering my anxiety and a total breakdown for which they sought to call the police, rather than consider my condition.
Again throughout legal proceedings which ultimately may leave myself, an unemployed mentally disabled mature male, with legal costs in excess of £50000, none of the Justices applied the legislation as per the Equality Act 2010, resulting in a failure. 

I am writing this message out of pure disgust in the way in which the British Legal System have outright ignored the legislation under the Equality Act 2010, failed to protect a vulnerable adult from injustice and quite possibly during this volatile period of austerity leaving the individual concerned with legal costs way beyond his means for an Act which he should have been protected from. How in the first world can anyone call this justice?????

This post is also to bring these failings to the attention of the wider Disabled Community as a warning NOT to rely on the 'in'Equality Act 2010, because there is no guarantee that it will protect you in LAW.
    

Alex_Scope

I'm sorry to read this has been such a long, stressful and unfair process for you @FrankV, as I mentioned in your other discussion, we'll be sending you an email shortly with information on additional support we can offer. 

Please let us know if it hasn't come through at all.

FrankV

@Alex_Scope thank you for your email to which I responded. While I know you are following guidelines and all that I just want to let you know, that I have tried and failed in reaching out to the majority of these charities and simply signposting me towards them has become a trigger for my anxiety. It beggars belief that more than a decade since the introduction of the Equality Act 2010, it is nigh on impossible to get help??

Alex_Scope

I am sorry to hear this @FrankV and thanks so much for explaining. If we contributed to your anxiety I do apologise.

Being disabled myself, I can empathise about how much more there is still to do when it comes to the barriers we face, from attitudes, to inaccessibility and just a plain lack of awareness. 

I hope we can help support you here, even just as a place to chat with people who 'get it'. Please let us know if there's anything further you need

FrankV

No harm done @Alex_Scope I just felt I needed to bring that point to your attention and thank you for your continued support. 

FrankV

Many thanks for your comment @Whymeiwonder2 but as I am new to this group, why as a community, made up of approximately 20% of the UK population who forecast to contribute in excess of £32,5billion towards the GDP, not stand up and do something about it? If you're disabled, you're doomed! that's all i can see from the way in which people are being (ill)treated.  

FrankV

Many thanks for your comment @tommbut as I am new to this group, why as a community, made up of approximately 20% of the UK population who forecast to contribute in excess of £32,5billion towards the GDP, not stand up and do something about it? If you're disabled, you're doomed! that's all i can see from the way in which people are being (ill)treated.