What are the penalties for breaking the Regulations?
The usual remedy will be damages (i.e. the person who discriminated will have to pay financial compensation to the victim).[32] It is important to note that the victim can take a claim even if they have not made any specific loss (i.e. they have not lost out financially because of the discrimination). They can seek financial compensation purely for the injury to their feelings which the discrimination caused. The standard rate of compensation for injury to feelings claims in existing discrimination law is 500 – 5000 for a one-off offence rising to 5000 – 15,000 if the offensive action has occurred repeatedly[33]. Additionally, the court may make a prohibitory order which requires the person found to have breached the SORs to stop doing something (for example, to stop doing the unlawful act which breached the Regulations). The court can also make a mandatory order requiring the person in question to do something which they were not doing before. The court can also make a quashing order,
