Hopefully, it's ok to post this here. If not, can it be moved somewhere more appropriate?
The UK's Supreme Court has unanimously found Employment Tribunal fees to be unlawful. In the most simplistic terms, the Court found that the fees had the effect of preventing access to justice. The fees were found to be discriminatory and the Court also took into account the legal requirement for access to a fair hearing. Both domestic (UK) and EU law were breached.
How is this relevant to benefits? As some will know, the government are known to have considered bringing in fees for Tribunal hearings involving social security benefits - it was shelved when it got into the public domain. In my view, the ET fees judgement would make it impossible to introduce fees for benefits appeals - the arguments on access to justice would be similar.
On the off chance the judgement is of interest, the link is below:
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