The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has ruled that an employment failed to reasonably accommodate the needs of a claimant with Asperger's Syndrome.

The NICA concluded that the appellant did not benefit from a fair procedural hearing in the course of the various Case Management Hearings and the hearing itself. Those findings will be of particular interest to the OITFET and other NI courts, as well as lawyers and other representatives operating within other legal systems, including the Republic of Ireland, where the statutory concept of reasonable accommodation is largely analogous to reasonable adjustment in the UK. The Court made a final observation in relation to adjournments, arguments on which had been made by the claimant's counsel, Mr Potter,