EAT awards £358,288 compensation

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  D'Souza v London Borough of Lambeth [1997] IRLR 677 EAT (1 other report)

  • Race discrimination: Uncapped award for failure to reinstate employee dismissed on racial grounds

    Date:

    15 December 1997

    An employee who was dismissed unfairly and unlawfully on grounds of race was entitled to an uncapped award of compensation under the Race Relations Act for the financial loss flowing from the dismissal when his employer failed to comply with an order for reinstatement, even though the dismissal occurred before the cap on such awards was lifted, holds the EAT in D'Souza v London Borough of Lambeth.