Taking a discrimination case - A layperson´s guide to taking a case of discrimination in employment 

The Strategic Enforcement Division of the Equality Commission provides advice to over 3,000 actual and potential complainants every year. Only a small percentage of those people wish to issue legal proceedings. The Commission in turn provides assistance to approximately one in three of those who apply to it for assistance. At any one time the Commission is assisting around about 100 cases and considering about a further 100 applications. Inevitably some people will take discrimination cases without representation because they have failed to get free representation from the Commission, the trade unions or elsewhere; they do not wish to, or cannot afford to pay a solicitor; or they would prefer to take the case themselves. This Guide aims to provide guidance to those unrepresented claimants. 

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The aim of this Guide is to allow the reader to gain an understanding of the process and procedures relevant to taking a case at the Tribunal in a clear and easy to follow manner.