Yashin Essa v Laing Ltd: EAT 17 Feb 2003

The claimant appealed against the level of damages awarded on his claim for race discrimination on the basis that he had not shown that his hurt feelings were not shown to have been reasonably forseeable.
Held: The tribunal had erred. It was natural and invitable that humiliation and hurt would follow discrimination. The claimant had only to show that his hurt was caused by the discrimination. He did not additionally have to establish that those feelings could have been foreseen by the defendant.

Judges:

Serota QC

Citations:

Times 07-Apr-2003, Gazette 09-May-2003, [2003] UKEAT 0697 – 01 – 1702, [2003] ICR 1110

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Race Relations Act 1976

Cited by:

CitedLondon Borough of Hackney v Sivanandan and Others EAT 27-May-2011
EAT RACE DISCRIMINATION – Compensation
SEX DISCRIMINATION – Compensation
APPEAL
Council and a charity both supplied members to a recruitment panel which victimised the Claimant – Tribunal makes . .
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Discrimination

Updated: 07 June 2022; Ref: scu.180511