Small Business Framework - Research - The Legal Services Board
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Volumes!of!Claims!in!Tribunals!and!Courts!<br />
While" tribunal" and" court" claims" provide" only" a" very" partial" picture" of" the"<br />
disputing" landscape," they" nonetheless" give" a" fuller" picture" of" the" number" of"<br />
justiciable" disputes" pursued" to" an" ultimate" conclusion" that" cannot" be" resolved"<br />
between"the"parties"informally."<br />
Reflecting" the" prevalence" of" and" concern" about" employment" related"<br />
issues" detailed" above," 218,000" claims" were" made" to" Employment" Tribunals" in"<br />
the" 2010]2011" financial" year." This" represents" an" average" of" one" claim" per" 5"<br />
businesses" that" had" employees," although" the" distribution" of" claims" across"<br />
businesses"is"far"from"uniform,"with"number"of"employees"a"crucial"factor."<br />
As" can" be" seen" from" Table" 3.2," a" good" proportion" of" these" claims"<br />
concerned"the"Working"Time"Directive,"with"unauthorised"deductions"from"pay,"<br />
unfair" dismissal," breach" of" contract" and" equal" pay" also" figuring" prominently"<br />
(Ministry"of"Justice"2011a)."<br />
"<br />
''''''''''''''''Table'3.2'Employment'Tribunal'Claims'in'2010^11'<br />
Type!of!Claim!<br />
Number!<br />
Working!Time!Directive! 114,100"<br />
Unauthorised!deductions! 71,300"<br />
Unfair!dismissal! 47,900"<br />
Breach!of!contract! 34,600"<br />
Equal!pay! 34,600"<br />
Sex!discrimination! 18,300"<br />
Redundancy! 7,400"<br />
Disability!discrimination! 7,200"<br />
Age!discrimination! 6,800"<br />
Race!discrimination! 5,000"<br />
Written!statement!of!terms!and!conditions! 4,000"<br />
Transfer!of!an!undertaking! 1,900"<br />
Suffer!a!detriment/unfair!dismissal!K!pregnancy! 1,900"<br />
PartKtime!workers!regulations! 1,600"<br />
Written!pay!statement! 1,300"<br />
Written!statement!of!reasons!for!dismissal! 930"<br />
Discrimination!on!the!grounds!of!religion!or!belief! 880"<br />
Discrimination!on!the!grounds!of!sexual!orientation! 640"<br />
National!minimum!wage! 520"<br />
Other! 5,500"<br />
!<br />
! In"the"courts,"businesses"will"have"had"an"interest"in"the"great"majority"of"<br />
the"1,617,000"civil"(non]family)"proceedings"started"in"the"County"Court,"and"the"<br />
in"excess"of"50,000"High"Court"(including"the"Commercial"Court)"claims"started"<br />
in"2010"(Ministry"of"Justice"2011b).""In"the"County"Court,"there"were"1,231,171"<br />
money"claims"in"2010,"just"over"half"of"which"were"issued"through"the"County"<br />
Court" Bulk" Centre." Although" many" money" claims" will" have" been" brought" by"<br />
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