Is The Proposed Award For Committing A Discriminatory Act Enough?

In this article, Colette Hunt considers its implications

Jersey's draft anti-discrimination law for race allows the Tribunal to make a maximum award of £10,000 if the complaint is upheld or proven; this is for financial loss. Included in this, it allows the Tribunal to make a maximum award of £5,000 for hurt and distress.

It is proposed that the figure (whether £10,000 or any other figure subsequently decided) will apply in all types of discrimination case that are introduced in Jersey - age, disability, sex and sexual orientation.

Those who feel wronged or discriminated against will no doubt feel the proposed maximum figures of £10,000 and £5,000 are far too low for what they have gone through, but many may also say that those who bring such claims are often equally concerned about the principle of feeling justice having been obtained.