A report published by the Royal National Institute for the Blind in 2000, entitled «The Price of Justice», criticised the framework of the existing protection, suggesting the high costs involved in
pursuing claims of discrimination in the provision of goods, services and facilities effectively blocked access to justice in some cases, and called for a review of the way these claims are brought.
Not exact matches
The government also maintained that other factors, such as changes to employment law, the improving economy and the availability
of alternative dispute resolution are also likely to have had an impact on the number
of discrimination claims being
pursued.
New Jersey law allows anyone to
pursue discrimination claims, so a white employee is entitled to file a race
discrimination action based on the conduct
of African - American coworkers or supervisors, a male employee can file a sex
discrimination lawsuit based on female misconduct, etc..
Because victims
of gender identity
discrimination may
pursue claims under laws that prohibit sex
discrimination, the remedies available to victims
of sex
discrimination would be available to a victim
of gender identity
discrimination if they prevailed in their case.
Acting for a global senior executive
of a multinational bank
pursuing claims for unfair dismissal and disability
discrimination asserting
claims for in excess
of # 4 million.
In this high profile case, equal pay claimants insisted on taking their
claims to the full (with conditional fee agreement legal backing) instead
of going with union - negotiated compromises and are suing their union for sex
discrimination in not
pursuing their
claims sufficiently.