It is important to comply so far as you possibly can with all case management orders, even if the other side is making it difficult for you by delaying on steps they are supposed to have taken.
If the claimant and respondent in an employment tribunal case are going to negotiate, the time they are most likely to do it is in the last few days before the hearing. Negotiations can disrupt preparation, with potentially disastrous results if they hit a snag at a late stage.
A good reference from your current or former employer can be extremely important if you are looking for a new job. But how can you find out if you are being given a bad reference, and what can you do about it if you are?
A version of the glossary that appears in the book has now been added to the resources page of this blog.
It is common in litigation for both sides to stop listening to each other.
This is only natural. Litigation is civilised argument. And we all, when arguing, want to get our points in rather than listen to the other person.
Like many natural instincts, however, this is best suppressed during litigation.
Witness statement should not be put in the bundle of documents.
There is a theoretical justification for this, but the main reason is convenience.