All items: Remedies

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  Akbar and Ahmed v Metro Private Hire (Keighley) Ltd [1994] IT/11064/94 (1 report relating to this case)

  • CRE criticised

    Date:

    1 September 1994

    Rejecting claims that a private hire company had unlawfully discriminated against two Asian applicants, a Leeds industrial tribunal (Chair: J Prophet) in Akbar and Ahmed v Metro Private Hire (Keighley) Ltd, expresses concern over the way the Commission for Racial Equality went about securing evidence of discrimination.

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  Alexander v The Home Office [1988] IRLR 190 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Guidelines on damages for injury to feelings

    Date:

    1 July 1988

    In Alexander v The Home Office (12.2.88) EOR20D, the Court of Appeal holds that awards for injury to feelings arising out of unlawful discrimination should not be nominal and may include aggravated damages. It may also be appropriate to award exemplary damages against an employer.

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  Armitage, Marsden and HM Prison Service v Johnson [1997] IRLR 162 EAT (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Race discrimination: £21,000 award for injury to feelings upheld

    Date:

    15 April 1997

    In HM Prison Service and others v Johnson, the EAT upholds an award of £21,000 for injury to feelings made by an industrial tribunal to a black prison officer who was subjected to a prolonged campaign of racial harassment and discrimination.

  • £21,000 for injury to feelings upheld

    Date:

    1 January 1997

    In (1) Armitage, (2) Marsden and (3) HM Prison Service v Johnson (27 November 1996) EOR71C, the EAT dismisses an appeal against an award of £21,000 compensation for injury to feelings and a further £7,500 aggravated damages to a prison officer who was subjected to a campaign of racial harassment and discrimination.

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  Bahra v Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police ET/1201460/2012 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Employment tribunals: 10 large tribunal payouts in 2014

    Date:

    14 January 2015

    We round up 10 large awards that employment tribunals made in 2014. The compensation awarded in these cases totals nearly £3 million.

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  Basi v Snows Business Forms Ltd ET/3100944/2009 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Race discrimination: £2,000 for "monkey" comment made to Indian employee during golf game

    Date:

    9 September 2010

    The employment tribunal awarded an employee in a sales team over £2,000 for "banter" that spilt over into racial abuse.

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  Bhogal v Finserv and another [1993] IT/9734/93 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Lack of contrition results in aggravated damages

    Date:

    1 December 1993

    In Bhogal v Finserv and another a Leeds industrial tribunal (Chair: D P Burton) takes the view that it was appropriate to award aggravated damages where it was clear that an employer would continue to discriminate on racial grounds and where he had shown no contrition.

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  British Medical Association v Chaudhary [2007] IRLR 800 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • British Medical Association v Chaudhary

    Date:

    7 August 2007

    In British Medical Association v Chaudhary [2007] EWCA Civ 788 CA, the Court of Appeal has overturned a decision awarding £814,877 to a surgeon who claimed that the British Medical Association (BMA) had discriminated against him by failing to support his race discrimination claims against regulatory medical bodies.

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  British Telecommunications plc v Reid [2004] IRLR 327 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    1 November 2003

    Our resident experts at Pinsents bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

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  Browne v Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust ET/2407264/07; ET/2405865/08; and ET/2408501/08 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Race discrimination: former NHS worker awarded nearly £1m

    Date:

    11 January 2012

    In this case, the employment tribunal awarded an NHS worker, who was dismissed from his senior position in the NHS, close to £1m for race discrimination, despite the tribunal's refusal to increase the award for future loss of earnings on the basis of the worker's argument that he might have been promoted before he retired.

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  Campbell v Datum Engineering Co Ltd [1995] IT/43749/94 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Formal harassment policy recommended

    Date:

    1 June 1995

    In Campbell v Datum Engineering Co Ltd a Birmingham industrial tribunal recommends that a firm found to have unlawfully discriminated on grounds of race should take steps such as introducing a formal racial harassment procedure, providing recruitment training for all managers and giving consideration to the eradication of pay anomalies in order to avoid future race claims.