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Firms that include phrases such as "recent graduates" and "school leaver" in their adverts are being targeted by older litigants who use the government’s tribunal service website to lodge claims, it has been reported. The litigant then sends the employer threatening emails asking for several thousand pounds in order to settle the matter out of court.

Lawyers have complained that the online system, administered by the Ministry of Justice, is attracting vexatious users since claims can be lodged free of charge and with minimal evidence. However, many of the claims have little merit and employers may be ill-advised to pay out in such circumstances.

Audrey Williams, partner and head of discrimination law at international law firm Eversheds, said: “Under current UK law a claimant will have to show that they have actually been a victim of discrimination. Simply seeing an advert is not enough.”
 

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