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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 …
Cases Referenced
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- AA Solicitors Ltd & anor v Majid [2016] UKEAT/0217/15
- Da'Bell v NSPCC [2009] UKEAT 0227/09/2809
- De Souza v Vinci Construction (UK) Ltd [2015] UKEAT 0328/14; [2017] EWCA Civ 879
- Simmons v Castle [2012] EWCA Civ 1039; [2012] EWCA Civ 1288
- Small v The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 882
- Vento v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2002] EWCA Civ 1871