This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Prevent solicitors and barristers intimidating Claimants over costs in ET Cases
Prevent Solicitors and Barristers from intimidating Claimants by quoting inflated cost liabilities in Employment Tribunal cases. Instead make provision for a standard statutory notice to be sent to the Claimant which does not quote figures but cost rules for both sides.
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Mrs "X" was intimidated with costs being quoted at £20k in a "without prejudice" eMail should she lose whereas the average Claimant payout is only about £6k. Mrs "X" was also intimidated on the day of the case verbally with the suggestion from the Respondent's Barrister to drop the case to avoid costs. The low payouts inevitably mean that the Claimant will be poorly represented. This kind of behaviour is not inline with the concept of accessible justice for employees in ET cases.
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