Paul McBurney v Vemac Engineering Limited

Posted In: Case Law
  • Case Reference
    512/13
  • Legal Body
    Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal (NIIT)
  • Type of Claim / Jurisdiction
Issues covered: Costs order

The tribunal had made an earlier decision that the claimant had been unfairly dismissed and an order for compensation was made.

At this juncture the solicitor for the claimant made an application to the tribunal for costs, pursuant to Rules 38 and 40 of the Rules of Procedure on the grounds that the conducting of the proceedings by the respondent had been misconceived and/or had been conducted unreasonably. The representative later provided a schedule of costs.

In making his application for costs the claimant’s representative claimed that the respondent had, in conducting the proceedings acted otherwise unreasonably and/or the bringing or conducting by the respondent had no reasonable

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This article is correct at 09/05/2014
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