That was the reason given, but I suspect that reducing the cost to the taxpayer was as much, if not more of a motivation. Did they actually provide any evidence of a widespread problem of frivolous cases? How do you determine what is frivolous in any case? Even if a tribunal sides with the...
I've only read the BBC article, not the judgement itself, but the impression I was left with was the court has effectively outlawed tribunal fees so there is nothing left scrap?
Was it Chris Grayling that introduced these fees? Even those that could afford the fees and had a tribunal decision in their favour would only really have a pyrrhic victory. There is little point in having workers rights if there are in effect no means of enforcing them.
What have we done to...