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High-handed or discriminatory misconduct in employment tribunal

In many cases the remedy for high-handed or discriminatory misconduct by, or on behalf of, an employer would be more fittingly in the employment tribunal rather than by recourse to a claim for damages for the statutory tort of harassment.

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