The High Court has rejected the second challenge by Unison to the Employment Tribunal Fee Scheme introduced in the summer of 2013. The second application was made after the statistics were published showing the dramatic reduction in the number of claims. However, even the data was not sufficient to convince the Court that the scheme […]
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Challenges to the new ET Rules
By way of an update, there have been two recent pieces of news concerning employment tribunals and the changes that came into force last year. Firstly, in connection employment tribunal fees, Unison has been granted permission to appeal the failed judicial review of employment tribunal fees. Further, question time from the House of Commons has […]
Fees in the Employment Tribunal
For those that follow me on Twitter the news that Unison failed in its judicial review of Employment Tribunal fees will by now be old news. Unison have stated that they intend to appeal so this may not be the end of the headlines over the ET fees. Having now read the Judgment it is clear […]