Disabled Woman Chases Ambulance
A disabled law student is suing her part-time employer after alleging she was banished to the stockroom because of her prosthetic arm.
Riam Dean, a 22-year old law student, is seeking damages of up to £20,000 from clothes retailer Abercromby & Fitch after being "humiliated" by the incident at the company's flagship Saville Row store in central London.
Miss Dean, who was born without a left forearm, claims she was given special dispensation from the store's strict dress policy, which allowed her to wear a cardigan to cover to join in her arm.
But only a couple of days into her employment she claims managers removed her from the shop floor because the cardigan fell outside the dress code.
Miss Dean told the tribunal that she felt taunted when managers said she could return to the shop floor if she removed the cardigan.
Akash Nawbat, speaking on behalf of Abercrombie & Fitch, suggested to the tribunal that Miss Dean was playing on the true extent of the incident.
Referring to a previous critical medical assessment of the student, he said: "Just as you are exaggerating in the report, you are exaggerating what happened at Abercrombie and the effect it had on you."
As an outsider looking at Miss Dean posing enthusiastically in front of the cameras today, you wouldn't think she'd be quite so sensitive about a virtual non-comment. I don't know what planet she's on when she thinks that 2-days at the bottom of the retail food chain equates to £20,000 compensation.
I suspect she's an ambulance-chasing chancer.
Riam Dean, a 22-year old law student, is seeking damages of up to £20,000 from clothes retailer Abercromby & Fitch after being "humiliated" by the incident at the company's flagship Saville Row store in central London.
Miss Dean, who was born without a left forearm, claims she was given special dispensation from the store's strict dress policy, which allowed her to wear a cardigan to cover to join in her arm.
But only a couple of days into her employment she claims managers removed her from the shop floor because the cardigan fell outside the dress code.
Miss Dean told the tribunal that she felt taunted when managers said she could return to the shop floor if she removed the cardigan.
Akash Nawbat, speaking on behalf of Abercrombie & Fitch, suggested to the tribunal that Miss Dean was playing on the true extent of the incident.
Referring to a previous critical medical assessment of the student, he said: "Just as you are exaggerating in the report, you are exaggerating what happened at Abercrombie and the effect it had on you."
As an outsider looking at Miss Dean posing enthusiastically in front of the cameras today, you wouldn't think she'd be quite so sensitive about a virtual non-comment. I don't know what planet she's on when she thinks that 2-days at the bottom of the retail food chain equates to £20,000 compensation.
I suspect she's an ambulance-chasing chancer.
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