Do employment tribunals make awards of costs?
A. Costs (expenses in Scotland) are not normally awarded in employment tribunal cases. They can be, however, if the tribunal decides that a party has acted frivolously, vexatiously, abusively, disruptively or otherwise unreasonably in bringing or conducting the case. Costs of an adjournment or postponement may also be awarded when the adjournment or postponement was requested at the last minute by either party with no good reason or where it is necessary because a party has not come prepared to deal with issues which may be expected to arise at the hearing.
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