Court of Appeal ruling on "stress" claims

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• Simon Jeffreys

Tuesday's Court of Appeal ruling in the case of Hatton -v- Sutherland restricts the ability of employees to claim compensation from their employers for job-related stress.Four separate cases were heard together by the Court of Appeal in order to give a clear and authoritative legal ruling on a burgeoning area of litigation. The TUC's own survey shows unions backed over 6000 stress cases last year, 12 times as many as the previous year.In 3 of the cases, concerning two teachers and a factory w... (321 more words)

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