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Fees for those bringing employment tribunal claims are unlawful, Supreme Court rules Fees for those bringing employment tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful, and the government will now have to repay up to £32m to claimants.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The government introduced fees in 2013 to reduce the number of malicious and weak cases, but that led to a 79% reduction over three years.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Trade union Unison argued that the fees prevented workers getting access to justice.
The Supreme Court also found fees were indirectly discriminatory to women.
It ruled tht the government was acting unlawfully and unconstitutionally when it introduced the fees.
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said: "This is absolutely a tremendous victory, it's probably the biggest victory of employment rights in this country."
Fees ranged between £390 and £1,200 to get a case heard at a hearing. Discrimination cases cost more for claimants because of the complexity and time hearings took.
The Supreme Court found this was indirectly discriminatory because a higher proportion of women would bring discrimination cases.