Your claim form will be one of the first things that the tribunal reads, so it is an important document. If the story you tell there is not complete, easy to follow, and convincing, you will start at a serious disadvantage.
The tribunal has power to order either party to provide additional information or answers to written questions. Requesting additional details of the other side’s statement…
George Orwell put the more general point (of which ‘aforesaid‘ is a special case) in his essay Politics and the English Language (1946): Here is…
Gross misconduct is misconduct so serious that the employer is entitled to dismiss for a first offence. What that means depends in part on the…
Often you need to do substantial work the papers involved in the case before you are in a position to finalise and paginate your hearing…
All employment lawyers know that orders for reinstatement (getting your old job back) and re-engagement (getting another job with your former employer) are extremely rare.…
It is frustrating to win your case, but get limited compensation because you can’t convince the tribunal that you have done a reasonable amount to…
In RBS v Bevan, the EAT considered an appeal against an employment tribunal’s decision that it had not been reasonably practicable for the claimant to…
Although a Bill to abolish the dispute resolution regime has been published (see previous post), it does not seem likely to come into force until…
Or mortally wounded, at any rate. The witch in question is the statutory dispute resolution regime introduced by Part 3 of the Employment Act 2002…