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The tribunal judge said the university had been “wholly unreasonable” and had adopted a “wholly closed mind” to Duxbury’s “reasonable expectation that his health would be properly considered, and the disciplinary approach be abandoned”. Despite an order to reinstate him, the university refused to do this and he instead secured compensation (although the amount was reduced by the Employment Appeal Tribunal) (University of Huddersfield v Duxbury [2023] EAT 72).

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