Employment Barrister Simon Tibbitts secures £16,000 cost award in the Employment Tribunal

5th October 2017

Simon Tibbitts has secured awards of costs for his respondent clients in two recent cases before the Employment Tribunal both on the basis that the original claims presented were unreasonable / misconceived.

The first, which was heard in London Central Employment Tribunal at the end of August 2017 resulted in a cost award of £2,000. The second, an unconnected matter, resulted in a costs award being made of just over £16,000 following a week long trial in Bury St Edmunds which concluded last week.

This could be merely coincidence, but could it perhaps be an indication that the traditional reluctance and rarity of cost awards in the ET is starting to change? Simon does however wish to emphasise that both sets of instructing solicitors had conscientiously protected their position from an early stage, which undoubtedly contributed significantly to his success at the hearings.