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New reforms impose two barriers designed to stymie vexatious or unmeritorious claims at birth.
The prospect of reform has triggered a rush to take advantage of existing rules. One specialist has reported that claims rocketed by 44 per cent in the third quarter of last year, as litigants rushed to avoid the new fees.
An aggrieved employee must pay between £160 and £250 to submit a claim and an additional fee of either £250 or £1250 to proceed to a hearing.
Lawyers say that litigants who stump up claims fees will be more motivated to see the action through — causing the business unrecoverable costs — whereas in the past they might have settled. They also point out an even greater potential impact of the reforms in the shape of measures to give employment judges enhanced case management powers. Judges will have to sift through cases to determine merit early and throw out those not up to scratch. As part of that process, judges will be able to force either party to produce more details.
So despite the welter of rule changes and ministers’ hopes that litigation will fall, lawyers do not anticipate a drop in business — it might even grow. In some areas, such as discrimination, claims may well continue at current levels because it is often difficult to evaluate the strength of a claim without a full hearing and damages for such claims are uncapped