Wetherspoons controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
COVID-19 closure and staff controversy
The chairman’s initial opposition to voluntary closure and comments concerning staff employment and supplier payments generated extensive criticism during the pandemic.
2015
Racial-discrimination judgment
A court ordered Wetherspoons to pay damages to eight people refused entry to The Coronet in north London, finding direct racial discrimination linked to assumptions about Irish Travellers and English Gypsies.