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27 January 2011
Issue: 7450 / Categories: Case law , Civil way
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Civil way: 28 January 2011

Employment tribunal award limits are subject to annual review at which they are linked to the inflation rate.

“Hold till Tuesday, boss” 

Employment tribunal award limits are subject to annual review at which they are linked to the inflation rate. With the RPI at minus 1.4% for the 2009 review certain limits were actually reduced. But the 2010 review was back on form thanks to an RPI increase of 4.6% which smiles all the way into the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2010 (SI 2010/2926). For axe falls after 31 January 2011 the unfair dismissal compensatory award limit is up to £68,400 and the amount of a week’s pay (the tool for calculating redundancy payments and the unfair dismissal basis and additional awards) is up to £400.

Spot on 

The latest credit hire litigation round goes to insurers. In Pattni v First Leicester Buses Ltd [2010] All ER (D) 201 (Nov) Mr Justice Swift dismissed an appeal against the trial judge’s refusal to award interest to the claimant. Interest was sought as part

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