By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

A RULING by Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett might deter Bahamian workers with "marginal claims" from pursuing employment cases in the Supreme Court, rather than the Industrial Tribunal, a leading law firm arguing that it dramatically reduces the 'costs' leverage they can exert.

Higgs & Johnson, in its latest client bulletin dealing with the award of legal costs in employment actions, said a March 2010 ruling by Sir Michael could "remove a tool from the arsenal of the vexatious litigant" seeking to pressure a company into settlement, as he declined to award legal costs to a wrongfully dismissed employee who one their case. ...

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