Employers can be careless about accidentally waiving privilege. If they mention the legal advice that they have received in their witness statement, they may have waived their legal professional privilege and given you the chance to demand to see the advice.
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…
A telephone conversation, overheard in the FRU office, several years ago:
Mr Smith, you’ve told me what happened. It seems to me that basically you’re saying that your ex-boss is a bit of a git.
Now, I’ve heard what you’ve got to say, and I’ve read the documents. You know what? I agree. He is a bit of a git.
So, what’s going to happen next, is that we’ll turn up to the tribunal on Monday and they’ll hear the case. And I bet they’ll think he’s a bit of a git too.
The problem, Mr Smith, is that being a bit of a git isn’t actually against the law.
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