# Accenture takes endometriosis sacking battle to the Court of Appeal

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/accenture-takes-endometriosis-sacking-battle-to-the-court-of-appeal/
- Published: 2026-11-11T05:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T05:34:32+00:00
- Original publisher: City AM (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.cityam.com/accenture-takes-endometriosis-up-or-out-sacking-battle-to-the-court-of-appeal/
- Topics: Business

## Key points

- Accenture is appealing in Sanju Pal’s dismissal case.
- An earlier appeal ordered a fresh tribunal hearing.
- The dispute includes whether her endometriosis met the disability test.

## Summary

Accenture has asked the Court of Appeal to restore a 2022 tribunal decision in its dispute with former manager Sanju Pal, who was dismissed under the firm’s “up or elsewhere” performance system. The case matters because an earlier appeal found that the tribunal had wrongly assumed the system justified dismissal and had not properly assessed whether Pal’s endometriosis was a disability under the Equality Act.

Pal worked at Accenture for 10 years and received two “not progressing” ratings before her dismissal in July 2019; she had also been diagnosed with endometriosis, which led to sickness absence and a phased return to work. The tribunal found her dismissal procedurally unfair but cut compensation for lost earnings by 100 per cent, and rejected her disability discrimination claim. In January 2026, the Employment Appeal Tribunal overturned those findings and ordered a fresh hearing before a different panel; Accenture’s appeal is now being heard by three Court of Appeal judges.

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