The EAT has produced a new practice direction. This replaces the previous (2004) practice direction from the 22nd May 2008. There is no radical change.…
Don’t ask for reinstatement or re-engagement unless you really want it.
If you want the other side to do something (e.g. disclose some documents to you), always see if they will do it voluntarily before you apply for a tribunal order requiring them to do it.
Mothers of young children will often suffer the greatest losses when they are dismissed. If you have lost a responsible and demanding job soon after having your first child, you may have real difficulty getting or keeping another job at the same level.
It is rare that there is any practical need to write a letter to the tribunal or the other side longer than a page and a half. If you have written long letter, the chances are that much of it is just ‘noise’ that will obscure your real message and make it less likely that you get what you want.