Equality Act Remedies and Time Limits

Remedies & time limits 

Sheriff Court - services, public functions, premises, education (not DD in schools) and associations/ clubs
-6 month less a day
-declarator, interdict, specific implement, damages and expenses
-case must be intimated on the Commission
•Judicial review (Court of Session) – actions of a public authority
–3 months
–permission to proceed
–reduction, declarator, interdict or specific implement

EHRC

•Advisors / solicitors
–Strategic casework
–Second-tier advice
–Funding cases

• may be able to help victims of discrimination by:-
–offering funding to solicitors running such cases
–providing legal assistance with the help of our own discrimination lawyers
–offering funding to cover certain outlays, such as obtaining medical reports
•Criteria:-
–The dispute concerns discrimination under the Equality Act 2010; and
–Strategically important case – test, strengthen or clarify the law

•Own-name enforcement
–Inquiries
–Investigations
–Agreements
–Interventions
–Judicial Review
–Assessments

Last modified: Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 5:00 PM