If your hearing bundle runs to more than one volume, divide the volumes at round numbers if you sensibly can – so, for example, don’t…
There is a tendency for advocates, consciously or subconsciously, to divide documents and authorities between ‘mine’ and ‘theirs’. ‘My’ documents are those that come from…
Daleside is a recent EAT decision on costs. Mrs Mathew brought a direct race discrimination case, along with claims for unfair dismissal and wages. The…
Pompous writing is very common among lawyers, and if you aspire to be a lawyer or to be taken seriously by lawyers it can be…
The Ministry of Justice has just published its research into employment tribunal awards and whether they are being paid. They surveyed 1,002 successful claimants. It…
If you are cross-examining a witness, don’t comment on his answers. That needs a little explanation. You can ask follow-up questions of the sort “But…
This may seem obvious, but it is surprising how often it gets forgotten. The problem seems to be a failure of communication between advisers, for…
The rule about putting documents into chronological order also applies to witness statements. Begin the story at the beginning and go on to the end.…
Finding out the current rate of interest to be applied to an award of damages for discrimination is more difficult than it ought to be.…
Mostly it’s fairly clear which side any given witness’s evidence supports, but once in a while there’s a witness who has relevant things to say,…