Industrial Disease Claims - Workplace Bullying

Bringing a Claim for Workplace Bullying/Harassment

Standard occupational stress claims are based upon common law negligence and many workplace bullying/harassment claims are brought on that basis (see section on occupational stress). However, following the case of Majrowski v Guy's & St. Thomas's NHS Trust (2006), claimant's now have the option of bringing a claim under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. In the Majrowski case, the Court of Appeal held that an employer can be held vicariously liable for acts of workplace bullying/harassment by their employees committed in the course of their employment against fellow employees and other third parties. The Majrowski case was upheld by the House of Lords on the 12th July 2006

To amount to workplace bullying/harassment in breach of the Act, a claimant must show that the alleged offender pursued a course of conduct amounting to workplace bullying/harassment which they knew, or ought to have known, amounted to workplace bullying/harassment, having regard to whether a reasonable person possessing the same information would think that the course of conduct amounted to workplace bullying/harassment. Hence, the conduct must be intentional and comprise of more than one act of misconduct. Further, the claimant will need to show that the employer either foresaw or ought to have foreseen that the type of injury they the claimant sustained was a possible consequence of the offenders misconduct (i.e. workplace bullying/harassment).

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Areas Where We Have A Centre Local To You

Carlisle (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Worcester, Durham (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Lincoln, Hereford, Canterbury, Litchfield, Ripon, Bangor, Wells, St. David's, Luton, Bedford (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Bedfordshire, Berkshire (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Cumbria (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Derbyshire, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Leicestershire (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Sussex, Warwickshire, Wiltshire (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Worcestershire, Reading, Newbury, Anglesey, Gwent, Clwyd (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Gwynedd (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Dyfed, Powys, Bath, Brighton, Cambridge, Oxford, Plymouth, Southampton, Stratford, York, Glamorgan, Cheltenham, Bradford, Wakefield, Coventry, Leicester, Sunderland, Hull (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Wolverhampton (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Swansea, Salford (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Ipswich, Portsmouth (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Peterborough, Lancaster (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Newport, Preston, St. Albans, Norwich, Chester, Salisbury, Exeter, Gloucester, Chichester, Winchester, Cleveland, Tyne and Wear, Northumbria, Wrexham (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Cardiff, Manchester (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Liverpool, London, Birmingham, Derby, Bradford, Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Newcastle, Birmingham, Devon, Cornwall, Sheffield, Staffordshire, Leeds (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Nottingham (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here), Bristol, Stoke (workplace bullying and harassment claims specialist solicitor here).

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Local Centres Where We Can Offer Appointments Out Of Hours

At the following Local Centres, we can also offer appointments outside the normal office hours of 9am - 5pm:-

Manchester Business Park, Manchester

Exchange Quay, Manchester

King Street, Manchester

Exchange Flags, Liverpool

Cheadle Royal Business Park, Cheadle, Cheshire

Chester Business Park, Chester, Cheshire

Crab Lane, Warrington, Cheshire

City West, Bradford

Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent

The Pavillions, Preston, Lancashire

Thopre Park Business Park, Colton, Yorkshire

Newcastle Quayside, Newcastle

Victoria Square, Birmingham

Exeter Business Park, Exeter, Devon

Cambourne, Cornwall

Hammersmith Road, London

Eccleshall Road, Sheffield

Princes Exchange, Leeds

Dumfries Place, Cardiff

Aztec West, Temple Quay, Bristol

Pegasus Business Park, Nottingham

Watling Court, Cannock, Staffordshire

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