Vexatious Claimants
by Philip
The case reported here illustrates how those with responsibility for administering justice can have vexatious claimants debarred from bringing further claims in any part of the legal system .
In this case the claimant brought many claims in Leicester Tribunal against numerous employers and employment agencies, in one case he even named The Queen and the President of the EU Council as a party, in another the Head of the UK civil service was sued.
From reading the case the claims lodged appeared to have little supporting detail, other than a vague assertion that the claimant had been denied “equal opportunities” which somehow or other amounted to Race Discrimination. Clearly the claimant had a little knowledge of the law, but only enough to make him dangerous vexatious.
This does not mean that the claimant’s next employer has carte blanche to dismiss him unfairly or racially discriminate against him, as the claimant has the right to have the indefinite bar lifted if he can show cause, ie if he can show he has an arguable case.
The case illustrates the balance struck between an individual’s right to access to justice and the public’s right not to have taxpayer’s money spent on dealing with unmeritorious and vexatious claimants.
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