The number
of sex discrimination claims declined sharply from July 2013, when employment tribunal fees were introduced and an individual had to pay # 1,200 in order to bring a claim and get it to a hearing.
It should be noted that the Supreme Court had the benefit of some shocking ET statistics produced on this point, notably a drop of 80 %
in sex discrimination claims and 85 % in unpaid wage cases after fees were introduced.
We have successfully prosecuted civil rights claims and defended clients against civil rights complaints, including those alleging First Amendment violations, Due Process and Equal Protection violations, Age and
Sex Discrimination claims and other violations of the United States and State Constitutions.
Obtaining maximum costs against a claimant in an unfair dismissal and age and
sex discrimination claim.
She brought
a sex discrimination claim when, following her return from maternity leave, she was allocated a different class to teach from the one she had taught before taking leave.
A sex discrimination claim brought by an associate solicitor against a leading law firm, settled prior to the hearing of an internal grievance
However, the EAT upheld two alternative grounds of
her sex discrimination claim concerning the bank's failure to set objectives for her in the fiscal year 2001 and to supply information to her about the redundancy process.
The court first examined
the sex discrimination claims.