It is the duty of the Equality Court to decide whether unfair discrimination, hate speech or harassment, as the case may be, has taken place as alleged in the complaint. After holding the enquiry, the court will decide what order to make. The order could be:

• A settlement between the parties
• Payment of damages
• Requiring the unfair discriminatory practices to stop or that specific steps must be taken to stop the unfair discrimination, hate speech or harassment
• Making available specific opportunities and/or privileges that have been unfairly Denied to the complainant
• Implementing special measures to address the unfair discrimination, hate speech or harassment
• Directing the respondent to accommodate the needs of a group or class of people
• An unconditional apology
• Making the respondent go through an audit of specific policies or practices that the court decides
• Directing the clerk of the Equality Court to submit the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions for the possible institution of criminal proceedings.