Posted: Friday, 4 January 2019 @ 13:43
I have previously posted about the
dramatic decline in Employment Tribunal claims.(79% down)
I was emailing a lawyer friend on this issue who told me the following - "
Actually, leaving all personal considerations aside, the statistics are shocking from an access to justice perspective. Although these changes will have done something to dissuade frivolous claimants, they will also have dissuaded many poor (probably often female) claimants from bringing genuine claims. One of the reasons that the recent judicial review application to challenge these fees failed was that it was considered to have been brought prematurely (in the sense that stats were unavailable to show disproportionate impact). I would be amazed if one of the big unions (probably Unison) does not launch another judicial review action within the next 6 - 9 months."
There you go, the trade unions may well win this a second time and
not experience defeat.