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Employment tribunal

11 September 2015
Issue: 7667 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2015] EWCA Civ 935, [2015] All ER (D) 120 (Aug)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the introduction of fees for bringing claims in the employment tribunals and appeals from such claims. It held that the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 (SI 2013/1893), had not breached the principle of effectiveness, had not been indirectly discriminatory and had not been introduced in breach of the public sector equality duty provided for by s 149 of the Equality Act 2010.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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