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Otts v Malton Bacon Factory Ltd t/a Hargrave & Co [2001] ET/2500304/99

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Damages for depression

Date:

1 September 2001

In addition to damages for injury to feelings in discrimination cases, a tribunal can also award an amount in respect of injury to health. In Otts v Malton Bacon Factory Ltd t/a Hargrave & Co a Thornaby-on-Tees employment tribunal (Chair: N W Garside) holds that this includes damages for psychiatric illness where it was satisfied that there was a causal link between the conduct of management and the applicant's illness.

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