Sure they can claim costs (unlike in the Industrial Tribunal) but the amount awarded is invariably far short of the amount incurred....and you have to be in it to win it! which comes back to the point of my original post that this appears to be a very very high stakes gamble by a small union with pretty paltry resources.
I cannot imagine for one moment that these uncomfortable facts will have escaped Wee Willies attention and the fact that this battle is now in part to be played out in court...plays right into BAs hands.
Last edited by Tinytim; 5th Apr 2008 at 18:05.