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Book review: Employment Tribunal Remedies

10 November 2011 / Jeremy Nixon
Issue: 7489 / Categories: Blogs
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Whether you are acting for a respondent or claimant in an employment claim (whether in the High Court or the employment tribunal), it is vital to focus on the remedy the claimant is likely to secure if they are successful.

Author: Anthony Korn & Mohinderpal Sethi
Publisher: OUP Oxford; 4th edition (Mar 2011)
ISBN: 978-0199586417    
Price: £59.95

Many practitioners will have seen claims which, although meritorious, are worth little in financial terms and if this can be identified and recognised early on, it can assist in settlement.

Korn & Sethi’s book, now in its 4th edition, looks in detail at how compensation is calculated in wrongful dismissal claims. Particularly useful are the sections which examine thorny issues such as stigma damages, entitlement to commission or bonuses, dismissal in breach of contractual procedures and pensions. There are also specific sections on tax and the often overlooked recoupment regulations which guide practitioners through this particular minefield.

There is also an extensive examination of how employment tribunals determine losses for unfair dismissal. Those practitioners who represent respondents will

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