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Where an employer appeals an employment tribunal decision in a court the claimant will not be at risk of having to pay costs if he loses St Albans Girls' School & Anor v Neary [2009] EWCA Civ 1214	15/12/09
A Protective Costs Order (PCO)in the Court of Appeal is only available in public litigation, not for employees seeking personal benefit Eweida v British Airways Plc [2009] EWCA Civ 1025	28/10/09
Lies result in costs awards(breaching confidentiality in a compromise agreement) Dunedin Housing Association Ltd v. Donaldson - UKEAT [2009] 0014_09_0807	01/09/09
In HARROGATE NHS TRUST v MOCKFORD - EAT 2009 when a 'hopeless' strikeout attempt by the respondent failed, limited costs were awarded by the ET to the claimant. The EAT decided that it was illogical to only award costs for the claimant's barrister (counsel) but not his lawyer who had prepared the defence to a strikeout attempt by the respondent. The respondent had been previously been warned by an ET judge of the risk of costs in calling for a pre-hearing to strike out the claiman'ts case. The case transcript can be found: here	10 / 06 / 2009
From time to time we need to repeat that a claimant should never be tempted to make up allegations or even gild the lily. One lie can not only ruin your otherwise good case but also land you in deep water. In Daleside Nursing Home v Mathew - EAT 2009 the EAT found that where the central allegation in a discrimination claim is false, such 'unreasonable behaviour'should inevitably lead to costs being awarded.	19 / 05 / 2009
Salford university fails in its costs action against Dr Moran	29 / 04 / 2007
The High Costs Of Justice	31 / 03 / 2007
Employers who threaten workers with costs shall pay the costs.	2006
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