Once the tribunal has made its decision on a case, there is normally nothing left to negotiate.
The most common exception to this rule is where the tribunal’s decision is only on liability.
Maths teachers, much to the frustration of their students, always say to ‘show your working’. They mean that it is not enough to get the right answer, you should also show how you reached it.
This is good advice in legal practice as well.
From Monday Employment Tribunal Chairmen will be renamed Employment Judges in accordance with the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. For representatives and litigants, the…
Employment cases are very important to the parties and a great deal depends on what the tribunal thinks.
The natural human instinct in such situations is to try to figure out what the tribunal is making of the case.
To some extent this is very sensible.
Case management discussions by telephone are increasingly common. Here are a few hints to get the most out of them:
- Be on time. The tribunal will be just as unhappy if you are five minutes late to a telephone call as they would be if you were five minutes late to any other hearing.
In general, hearings will deal with all of the issues they have to decide in a block. That is to say, having identified six issues,…