The Supreme Court Party

Bl4ckGryph0n

Yes interestingly the success rate has also gone down. There was a discussion with lawyers on LBC about this. They said there was a definite decline in success rate, due to those who didn't have a case are not proceeding, yet those with a not so strong case, but convinced of their own rights they still proceed and it ends nowhere...

Ruperts slippers

What a ridiculous statement, truth value of that sentence, non monsieur.

Jezza99

Why so? Everyone has got a credit card, or family who can help them out.

Goooner

I've not got a credit card

If everyone had access to £1000 I doubt there'd be so many payday loan companies around.

Bl4ckGryph0n

Not all cases cost a grand either, it starts much cheaper...I prefer a deterrent with some vested interest. Listening to the lawyers on LBC it was already clear that they were suggesting that people may as well try a claim as it doesn't cost them anything....One I found amazing especially, at no point did the chap mention anything, but then he asked whether he was from an ethnic background and then suggested he should try a discrimination approach; its free anyway

SteakAndCake

If you just lost your job regardless of the perceived righteousness of your cause, you'd have to be very irresponsible to drop £1K on a credit card or take a family loan when you have no means to repay that debt.

Yet, at the other end of the job market, failing CEOs get million pound "golden parachute" payments for doing a terrible job.  

This law dis proportionally targeted poor people.

Bl4ckGryph0n

Please do show the evidence. The statistics do not suggest that at all.

Bl4ckGryph0n

Done your job for you

Employment tribunal fees - Commons Library briefing - UK Parliament

Jezza99

Yep, you get a bigger payout for racial or sexual discrimination than you do for straightforward wrongful dismissal
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Surely if you are convinced of the righteousness of your case, there's not much of a risk?

Bl4ckGryph0n

And further evidence...