Employment: Sexual harassment in the workplace

Devereux Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | June 2018 #166
Marianne Tutin examines how claims for sexual harassment can be brought in the civil courts, particularly if limitation is an issue for employment tribunal proceedings ‘For the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, anything done by an employee in the course of their employment is treated as having also been done by the employer.’ Since …

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QOCS: Discrimination claims in the civil courts

Farrar’s Building | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2017 #158
Huw Davies considers whether an injury to feeling is sufficient to trigger QOCS protection ‘That there is a distinction in kind between a personal injury and an injury to feelings is evidenced by the fact that it is clearly recognised that claims for both types of injury can be brought in the same action.’ While …

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Stress At Work: Navigating the minefield

Ely Place Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | March 2017 #153
Liam Ryan discusses claims in the Employment Tribunal and County Court and abuse of process ‘A claimant who may well have proceeded initially as a litigant in person in the Employment Tribunal can find themselves being precluded from being able to bring the later action due to it being classed as an abuse of process.’When …

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