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Assessing awards for injury to feelings

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27 Nov 2009 1:01PM

Author:
Phil Allen

Compensation following a finding of discrimination can cover financial losses, injury to feelings, personal injury and, in exceptional cases, can include aggravated or exemplary damages.

Back in 2003, in the Vento case, the Court of Appeal, having observed that "translating hurt feelings into hard currency is bound to be an artificial exercise" set three bands for compensation for injury to feelings to help Tribunals do just that. Since then, however, Tribunals have not ta... (930 more words)

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