The union sought to challenge by judicial review the systems for charges for court fees for claims brought before the employment tribunals.
Held: The challenge failed. On the evidence now available (and not available on the first challenge) the Order did not breach the principle in European law that citizens be given effective access to the courts, and nor ws their indirect discrimination against women.
Judges:
Elias LJ, Foskett J
Citations:
[2014] EWHC 4198 (Admin), [2015] 2 CMLR 4, [2015] ICR 390, [2014] WLR(D) 543, [2015] IRLR 99
Links:
Statutes:
Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 42
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
See Also – Unison, Regina (on The Application of) v The Lord Chancellor and Another Admn 7-Feb-2014
The claimant challenged the Regulations and Orders charging for the laying of complaints at Employment Tribunals, saying they were mistaken and discriminatory.
Held: The challenge failed. The new Order was not in breach of European Union . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Unison, Regina (on The Application of) v The Lord Chancellor CA 26-Aug-2015
Unison brought two challenges to rules brought in to impose fees for the bringing of cases in the Employment Tribunal.
Held: The appeals were dismissed. The imposition of a fee would not constitute an interference with the right of effective . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Employment, Discrimination, European
Updated: 03 September 2022; Ref: scu.540231