Employer treated you unfarly?, how much justice can you afford? Options

[Andy Capp]

You'll need £250 to get under way.

http://www.justice.gov.uk/tribunals/employment

[newres]

Turn it around then. Would it be ok if the loser had to pay a fee?

[Andy Capp]

Turn it around then. Would it be ok if the loser had to pay a fee?

On the face of it, I think that would be fair.

[Simon Kirby]

On the face of it, I think that would be fair.

I think it would be fair to pay a fee if your complaint was entirely without merit as that would discourage baseless claims, but if you had costs if you failed you might not be able to risk a claim even with a strong case, and that would be unjust. In other courts judges have a wide discretion to award costs, so they could easily be given this latitude to award costs only against baseless claims.

[MontyPython]

I think it would be fair to pay a fee if your complaint was entirely without merit as that would discourage baseless claims, but if you had costs if you failed you might not be able to risk a claim even with a strong case, and that would be unjust. In other courts judges have a wide discretion to award costs, so they could easily be given this latitude to award costs only against baseless claims.

But would the type of person who makes a baseless claim bother to pay costs, or even have enough?

I agree that we need a way to fund valid claims, but this is another case of the lazy and greedy spoiling it for those who have really been treated unfairly.