Labour Research August 2018

Union news

UNISON award


Public services union UNISON’s outstanding legal success in the Supreme Court overturning the government over employment tribunal fees has won the union a prestigious award. 


The union’s in-house legal team was voted Litigation Team of the Year in The Lawyer magazine’s annual awards for “great tenacity and perseverance and a result that makes a real difference to a great many people”.


UNISON’s four-year legal battle to reverse that decision spanned six unsuccessful hearings in the High Court and the Court of Appeal before the Supreme Court unanimously found in the union’s favour.


https://www.unison.org.uk/news/article/2018/06/unisons-legal-team-win-top-honour-employment-tribunal-fees-court-case