Costs orders are rare in the employment tribunals and the EAT: each side pays its own costs, unless one side or the other has behaved…
Sometimes – if the allegations are important or salacious, or high-profile individuals are involved, or the legal issues are far-reaching – the Press will show…
Definitions for barrister, solicitor and lawyer have been added to the Glossary page.
It is always worth remembering that the point of cross-examination is to convince the tribunal. Often people get confused about this. Often they seem to…
Two new definitions have been added to the glossary page: ‘protected act,’ and ‘victimisation.’
During a hearing, evidence is presented in a fairly structured way. Each witness gives evidence and is cross-examined. Witnesses tell the story in chronological order…
Sometimes neither side is satisfied with the employment tribunal’s decision, and both sides want to appeal. A cross-appeal is basically just an appeal by whichever…
Tribunals often direct the parties to agree a list of issues, but they don’t always explain what that means or how you should go about…