On average an employee sues an employer once every minute and costs the employer on average £5,000 per day (irrespective of outcome as legal costs are not recoverable from losing party). There is now no money limit on amount of a Discrimination award against an employer or individual director. There were 151,000 accepted employment tribunals in 2008/9 compared to 218,000 in 2010/11 - an increase of 67,000. Solicitor had sexual relationship with insurance company manager who entered into a verbal agreement to supply work to her law firm. After the relationship ended the work stopped coming and the solicitor sued the insurer for breach of contract. A care home was ordered to pay for failure to manage the risk of elderly residents by not having a system in place for managing its hot and cold water. Residents and employees could have been put at risk of contracting Legionnaires' disease. The home was fined £6,525 and ordered to pay £33,475 in costs.