Specialist claimant firm Leigh Day & Co has secured a key Supreme Court victory in an equal pay case which is set to allow equal pay claims to be brought in the civil courts as well as employment tribunals. In what is being viewed as a landmark ruling, Birmingham City Council was unsuccessful in arguing that equal pay claims made by a group of former council employees should be thrown out, with the Supreme Court rejecting the council's appeal.
October 24, 2012 at 12:24 PM
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Specialist claimant firm Leigh Day & Co has secured a key Supreme Court victory in an equal pay case which is set to allow equal pay claims to be brought in the civil courts as well as employment tribunals.
In what is being viewed as a landmark ruling, Birmingham City Council was unsuccessful in arguing that equal pay claims made by a group of former council employees should be thrown out, with the Supreme Court rejecting the council’s appeal.
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