Serial Litigants
Partners have set up a simplified search service http://www.serial-litigants.com/
Our service only determines whether a person has brought a series of similar unsuccessful claims previously. We do not keep a Database and at all times have been guided by the Information Commission Office.
Our intention is to encourage Parliament to look at the true position; namely, whether serial litigants are a 'significant problem'. At present nobody knows the true position because there is no access to the Register of Claims. Our suggestion is that the problem be correctly monitored and audited.
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VICTIMISATION IN THE WORKPLACE |
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Mr David Anderson |
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That this House recognises that people who are victimised in the workplace or treated unfairly in the recruitment process need to be able to challenge employers and seek redress; understands that a very small number of serial litigants are abusing this right for financial gain and condemns their actions; does not accept that these individuals are a big problem, and does not believe that measures designed to expose them should jeopardise the employment prospects of the vast majority of genuine victims; further condemns the launch of a website by Damian McCarthy from Cloisters Chambers which allows employers to find out if a person has taken an employer to tribunal in the past; believes that such a website could be used to screen unfairly applicants who have legitimately taken their employer to tribunal in the past, which runs contrary to the Government's progress on dealing with the victimisation of trade union members; is concerned that such a website would be in breach of data protection laws; and calls on the Information Commissioner's Office to investigate whether the website is compliant with the Data Protection Act. |
Note: Serial Litigants is an entirely separate legal entity to Partners Employment and is not regulated by the SRA or other similar body.