DIFC 441/2022

Liet v Leat

This case involved a claim by an employee against their employer for discrimination, harassment and victimisation. As a result of the level of witness evidence needed in a case of this type the case had to be heard by the DIFC Court of First Instance and not the Small Claims Tribunal

Background

The Claimant’s claim was for compensation for alleged discrimination, harrassment and victimisation at the hands of her former employer, the Defendant. The Claimant also sought a declaration and a letter of apology, damages arising out of work-related personal injury as well as payment of alleged unlawful deductions made by the Defendant to her employment entitlements in addition to medical expenses for ongoing treatment. The Claimant’s claims in their entirety in the the Claim Form and the Particulars of Claim filed by the Claimant on 8 December 2022, however the Claimant had not quantified her claim to set out the amounts she was seeking from the Defendant in the form of compensation. She brought this claim under Part 9 of DIFC Law No. 2/2019.

The Defendant refuted the Claimant’s claims, as set out in its Defence dated 14 December 2022.