The EAT has held that the Vento guidelines, used to assess compensation for injury to feelings in discrimination cases, should be increased to take account of inflation.
Accordingly, the top of the lower band rises from GBP 5,000 to GBP 6,000; the middle band rises from GBP 15,000 rises to GBP 18,000; and the upper limit rises from GBP 25,000 to GBP 30,000.