In any trade ‘Use the right tool for the job’ is good advice. If you are writing a schedule of loss, the right tool is…
What did you find out the hard way? I found out something I already knew but decided to ignore. Simply do not ask a question…
Claimants in person The number of individuals representing themselves in the employment tribunals has remained fairly constant over the last 3 years: 30,195 in 05/06;…
The Employment Tribunal Service has at last published its statistics for the year to 31 March 2008.
You will often hear people in tribunal saying ‘That begs the question’. Almost all of them are misusing the phrase. ‘Begging the question’ is a…
The last post advised against using exclamation marks in legal writing. A similar rule applies when speaking. If a transcript of what you say would…
Do not use them. You will look overexcited! Overeager! And quite possibly out of control! Seriously, exclamation marks are not generally appropriate in legal writing.…
A few words on witness statements Tribunals nowadays always expect witnesses to have written statements. Sometimes these are very long, sometimes very short. There are…
Even if it seems like a good idea to arrange the papers in the bundle in some order other than strict chronological order, it isn’t.…
The EAT has concluded that the strict time-limits on starting an appeal apply equally to cross-appeals. This provides an excellent opportunity to reiterate that the…