If you are trying to settle a case the day before the hearing, bear in mind that you cannot safely assume that the case is…
It is becoming more and more common for parties and representatives in the employment tribunals to use laptops in the course of the hearing, and…
One might have thought that the Equality and Human Rights Commission or the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (or both) would provide copies…
We say in the book (at paragraph 1.19) that there is no restriction on who may appear as a representative in the employment tribunals. This…
An American juror (quoted in Disorder in the Court by Charles M Sevilla, publ. Norton 1992.) said ‘That this system works at all is just…
Employment tribunals tend to order that witness statements are to be ‘exchanged’ on a certain date. What is implicit in this is that there will…
Surprisingly many organisations routinely record telephone conversations. If you think that either your employer or another organisation – your employer’s PHI provider, for example, or…
A chronology is just a list of key dates. Writing a chronology will often be the first thing you need to do to start to…
Every claimant’s adviser will be familiar with the feeling of despair that can set in when your client arrives with several carrier bags – or…
Badly compiled bundles are a source of unnecessary stress and delay in the course of the hearing. There is a surprisingly large number of ways…