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Our next Practitioners Group Meeting will be on Thursday 6th March 2025 when Catherine Knowles of Exchange Chambers, Manchester will be giving a talk re "Counting the Cost: How compensation is assessed in discrimination cases"

Event date
  • date: Thursday 6th December 2024
  • time: 6:00-7.30pm
  • speaker: Catherine Knowles of Exchange Chambers, Manchester
  • topic: Counting the Cost: How compensation is assessed in discrimination cases
  • venue: online only via zoom
  • RSVP: here

There is no charge for members to attend this event - non-members are asked to pay £10 or join

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This talk will discuss how employment tribunals assess the appropriate level of compensation where the respondent has been found to have discriminated against the claimant focussing on the following main points:

  • The key principles that the tribunal will apply when assessing compensation
  • What heads of loss might be claimed
  • What evidence should be considered, and from whom?
  • Tricky issues to be aware of and how to deal with them