Private sexual harassment hearing not permitted
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R v Southampton Industrial Tribunal ex parte INS News Group Ltd and Express Newspapers plc [1995] IRLR 247 HC (0 other reports)
An industrial tribunal is not entitled to exclude members of the public (including the press) from the hearing of a sexual harassment case when the evidence to be given is of a sensitive or salacious nature, the Divisional Court has ruled in R v Southampton Industrial Tribunal ex parte INS News Group.
An industrial tribunal in Southampton heard a complaint which appeared to involve allegations that the respondent committed an indecent sexual assault on the applicant.
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