Damages for personal injury

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  HM Prison Service v Salmon [2001] IRLR 425 EAT (1 other report)

  • Sex discrimination: Award of £20,000 for injury to feelings upheld

    Date:

    1 July 2001

    In HM Prison Service v Salmon, the EAT upholds an award of £20,000 for injury to feelings, including £5,000 aggravated damages, and a separate, undiscounted award of £15,000 for psychiatric injury, made by an employment tribunal that had partially upheld a former prison officer's complaint of unlawful sex discrimination.