This is a generalisation of quite a lot of posts on this site: if you want someone to do something, make it as easy for…
One of the things that will normally be tackled at a case management discussion is a list of issues. We’ve written about these before –…
The Employment Tribunal Service will provide an interpreter if you or one of your witnesses doesn’t speak good enough English to give your evidence without…
That’s not as sarcastic as it sounds. Hearings are stressful and pretty weird, and cross-examining is probably the weirdest and most stressful part of conducting…
When you want to draw the attention of a witness – and everyone else – to a particular line in a document in the bundle,…
Tribunals and lawyers will sometimes refer to a ‘Judge sitting alone’. This means that he is sitting without the lay-members. This is common in case…
Occasionally one party or the other wants to play CCTV footage or audio recordings to the tribunal. I have two suggestions on this: 1. Don’t…
On the 25th April I will be running the London Marathon again on behalf of the Free Representation Unit. I have been involved in FRU…
A standard instruction that turns up from time to time in case management orders goes: Legal submissions (if any) shall be in writing and accompanied…