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Online database identifies serial employment tribunal litigants

Wednesday 1 July 2009 at 8:35 am | In News | Post Comment The Law Society Gazette – 18 June 2009 notes that a new website is being set up to record details of serial litigants at employment tribunals.

The site will be at www.serial-­litigants.com (still ‘under construction’ at date of writing – 1 July 2009). It is being set up by solicitor Gordon Turner and barrister Damian McCarthy.

Mr Turner told the Law Society Gazette about:

“………….. a serial litigant who has filed about 50 claims for age discrimination at tribunals throughout the country, including one against a client of mine. The litigant tells me he is earning good money because many employers prefer to settle rather than spend time and money defending the claim. The irony is, the litigant doesn’t even apply for the jobs – he just puts in the claim.”

See also emplaw web-updater of 27th November 2008 “The woman who netted £100,000 by making 22 claims of ageism”.