A costs order was made against the Claimant, the ET saying:

"Where the Claimant went beyond what one might reasonably expect in litigation was in the gross exaggerations and making allegations in bad faith or to disrupt investigations of complaints made against him and complaints made by him".

The EJ decided that the Respondent's costs of the proceedings were £85,143, having assessed them on the standard basis. He ordered the Claimant to pay a contribution of £21,285.75 to those costs. The Claimant appealed.

The EAT dismissed the appeal, holding that in the light of the express dispute on that assessment, the ET had not erred in law in its approach and had given adequate reasons for its decision.