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Commission For
Racial Equality
Elliot House
10 / 12 Allington Street
London
SW1 5EH
TEL 020 7828 7022
MINICOM 020 7932 5419
FAX 020 7630 7605
www.cre.gov.uk
23 January 2001
Our Ref:LS/00/688/BA
Dear Mr Bryson
Re: YOUR COMPLAINT OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST:
Microtech Computer Services
As you know the Commission has been providing
you with advice and assistance in your complaint of racial
discrimination.
Your request for assistance was put to
the Legal Committee of the Commission for a final decision
on 22 January 2001. Having considered all of the facts and
the relevant law most carefully, and acting in the exercise
of its discretion under Section 66 of the Race Relations Act
1976,
the Committee has decided that the Commission cannot offer
you any further assistance in your complaint.
This means that although you are free to pursue you complaint,
the Commission will not be providing you with legal representation
at the hearing of your complaint by the Employment Tribunal.
Should you wish to continue with your complaint, you may need
to seek assistance from elsewhere.
I know that you will be disappointed with
this decision, but I hope you will understand that the Commission
receives a large number of requests for assistance, and it
can provide legal representation at Tribunals/Courts in a
small proportion of cases. In deciding whether or not your
case should receive support by way of legal representation,
the Legal Committee was bound to follow the criteria laid
down in Section 66(1) of the Act, and this included consideration
of the merits and strength of your case.
Having examined your complaint, the Committee
took the view that your complaint is out of time.
Complaints of Racial Discrimination have to be submitted to
an Employment Tribunal within 3 months of the act of discrimination
The legal committee
also felt that your case did not raise any issue of principle
or special considerations and having examined the complexity
of your case and your position in relation to the respondent,
or other persons involved, the Committee did not consider
it unreasonable to expect you to deal with your case without
the assistance of the Commission.
( This paragraph
sounds loaded with double meanings, what's it all about ???
Sean Bryson)
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If you have any queries with this letter, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Yours sincerely
KAY NORTH (MS)
Complaints Officer
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I did contact Ms North on Thursday afternoon 25.1.2001
But the explanations that I was given seemed very thin, and
the conversation just went around in circles.
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