When the news broke Thursday that the Court of Appeal had awarded 120 former workers of the Padang Meha Hup Seng Estate the sum of RM3.3 million based on a settlement agreement dating back to 1995, National Unity Minister P Waythamoorthy was elated.

While critics may charge that the sum is not as impressive when divided among a large group of people, he feels it is an important victory that could be precedent-setting...