In Yerrakalva v Barnsley MBC, the EAT has given a helpful judgment on costs in the employment tribunals. The claimant had complained of disability discrimination.…
Many of our loyal readers have probably been wondering “What can we do for Naomi and Michael this Christmas?” The answer to this seemingly tricky…
The format of a lot of advocacy, both written and oral, is to propose a conclusion and provide evidence or explanation to support that conclusion.…
Regular readers of this blog will know that we are both mildly obsessive on the subject of bundles. I’ve recently collected another simple but effective…
It has long been normal practice in the employment tribunals to have witnesses read their statements aloud. On the face of things, this is a…
A number of people have spotted a bug in the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 dealing with compromise agreements. It may be worth explaining…
Anyone who’s ever represented a client in an employment tribunal will be familiar with the frustration of knowing you’ve seen a key document somewhere, but…
One of the overarching points we make here, and in the book, is that concise focused advocacy is a good thing. This is not quite…
In planning a cross-examination, we start with statements that the witness can’t deny without appearing dishonest … leading to statements that the witness could credibly…
Sometimes you find identical passages in two (or more) of the respondent’s witness statements. It’s obvious what has happened: whoever has drafted the witness statements…