Sexual and racial discrimination case

Blake Turner Solicitors recently acted in a discrimination case for an employer who faced a claim of sexual and racial discrimination for an employee who had worked there for less than six weeks.

Despite obtaining a Deposit Order against the Claimant at an early stage in the proceedings (on the basis that the Claimant had low prospects of success), the Claimant decided to pursue the matter all the way to the full Tribunal hearing.

After one aborted hearing in August, the employer was successful in defeating all heads of the claim.  As the judgment was based on the same findings as the Deposit Order, the Claimant was deemed to have behaved unreasonably in continuing with the proceedings.

As a result we made an application on behalf of our client for a Costs Order against the Claimant.  Costs Orders in Tribunal proceedings are extremely rare and are very much the exception to the rule.  Indeed they are only obtained in 0.07% of cases.  We were successful in obtaining the Order after a day’s hearing before the same Tribunal which heard the case.

For further information on this or any other employment related matters please contact Rupert Farr on: 020 7952 6216 or rupert.farr@blaketurner.com