Age Discrimination Update
I finally received the 40 page Judgement of my case against the CAA 10 days ago. I waited until I'd had a meeting with lawyers before bringing colleagues up to date.
I still find it hard to understand how the Tribunal found against me. According to my barrister the weight of evidence on either side was extremely close. My view is that the Tribunal were acting with extreme caution in deciding not to overturn a policy which has such huge health and safety implications. My legal advisers wondered from the start if the Tribunal would be sufficiently "robust" to find against the CAA.
So should I appeal?
Barristers response:-
How much money have you got?
a) not much. Forget it.
b) about £20,000. I'll take the case and give you a 30% chance of success.
c) much more. I'll engage a silk (QC) and together we'll have a much better chance of success.
How did I get to be this old and still believe in Justice in this country?
What I think I must do is use what is left (about £5000) of the contributions so generously made for this fight by PPRuNe readers to take the case to Appeal as a litigant in person once again. I'll use the funds to get my solicitors to lodge the papers and to get advice on my best strategy at Appeal.
If anyone has any ideas on how to obtain the funds I really need or, indeed, a better way to proceed I would be most grateful to hear from you.
I left the Employment Tribunal with high hopes feeling I'd done a fair job of presenting the case against the CAA's Age Discrimination. To all of those who gave me financial and moral support I apologise for not doing better.
Ian Evans
Last edited by uncle ian; 1st October 2008 at 18:26.