FAIR EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL

CASE REFS:   153/10 FET
2657/10

CLAIMANT:		Catherine McCartney

RESPONDENTS:		1.	Women Into Politics
		2.	Training for Women Network Limited

DECISION ON COSTS

The unanimous decision of the Tribunal is that the second-named respondent’s application for costs is dismissed.
Constitution of Tribunal:
Chairman:		Mr P Kinney
Members:		Ms G Ferguson
			Mr J Hughes
Appearances:
The claimant was represented by Mr Lockhart, Queen’s Counsel, instructed by Campbell Stafford, Solicitors.
The first-named respondent did not appear and was not represented.
The second-named respondent was represented by Mr B Mulqueen,                   Barrister-at-Law, instructed by Cleaver Fulton Rankin, Solicitors.

Issues

The second-named respondent made an application for costs against the claimant.  The Tribunal refused that application and declined to order the claimant to pay costs for reasons given orally at the hearing.

Chairman:

Date and place of hearing:	22 June 2012, Belfast

Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: