BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees are unlawful

The Supreme Court has today ruled that employment tribunal fees are unlawful. This will mean the Government will be forced to repay more than £27m paid by employees for cases around unfair dismal, discrimination and other workplace issues since July 2013. The government introduced fees in 2013 to reduce the number of malicious and weak cases. Trade union Unison argued that the fees prevented workers getting access to justice. The Supreme Court also found fees were indirectly discriminatory to women.