EAT RACE DISCRIMINATION – Other losses
In the course of assessing the Claimant’s compensation for unlawful victimisation by the Respondent, the Employment Tribunal was required to consider whether it should award legal costs which the Claimant had incurred in defending proceedings before the Interim Orders Panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. In its Liability Judgment and Reasons it had made findings which effectively precluded such an award. In its Remedy Judgment and Reasons it effectively reconsidered those findings and awarded compensation which reflected those legal costs. But, accepting that the Respondent had not understood it intended to take this course and had not made submissions upon it, the Employment Tribunal reconsidered the Liability Judgment; and revoked that part of the award. The Claimant appealed.
Held. The Employment Tribunal did not err in law in revoking that part of the award which required the Respondent to pay a sum to reflect the legal costs which the Claimant had incurred in defending proceedings before the Interim Orders Panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
Judges:
Richardson HHJ
Citations:
[2017] UKEAT 0073 – 17 – 0308
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Employment, Discrimination, Damages
Updated: 30 March 2022; Ref: scu.595005