Litigation: Five reasons why your employment tribunal spend might increase next year

A cluster of recent cases and developments is likely to mean rising costs for employers faced with a tribunal claim, warn Phil Allen and Louise Singh ‘Employers are starting to see a renewed flow of the types of claim that had largely fallen away under the fee regime.’ After a few years in the wilderness, …
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Injury To Feelings: Court of Appeal rules that employment tribunals should increase discrimination awards

Phil Allen looks at a recent Court of Appeal decision and why it means there will be increases to discrimination awards in employment tribunals ‘While the largest component of most discrimination awards will remain the (uncapped) lost earnings, the increase in injury to feelings figures will mean that the employer’s potential exposure and the cost …
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