A lecturer has been ordered to pay more than £5,000 after he tried to sue a Russell Group university for sexism because it held a domestic abuse seminar.
Dr ZhiMin Xiao was offended by a University of Exeter conference about violence against women which featured high-profile speakers including an MP and senior police officials.
The academic, who at the time was in the midst of a messy breakup and custody battle, insisted he was subjected to sexist discrimination by attending the seminar for 30 minutes.
