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Employment Tribunal postponements

Notwithstanding the lack of a positive response to consultation on the subject the Government has confirmed that it will press ahead with plans to introduce amendments to the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules concerning postponement applications.  The amendments to the rules will be that (save in exceptional circumstances): limit the number of postponements to hearings that […]

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Unison’s ET fee challenge

At the end of February 2016, the Supreme Court granted permission to Unison to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision on Employment Tribunal fees. The Court of appeal rejected Unison’s judicial review of the employment tribunal fee regime and the Supreme Court will now revisit this.  No date has been set and it is not […]

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Adding a Respondent to the Tribunal claim

The EAT has recently provided some clarity on the issue of ACAS EC and the interplay with the Tribunal’s discretion in amending and/or adding a Respondent to the Tribunal claim. In the first case, (Mist v Derby Community NHS Trust) the Claimant spelt the 1st Respondent’s name correctly on the ET1 but misspelt it on the […]

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Employment Tribunal Statistics

The Ministry of Justice has published the employment tribunal statistics for the third quarter of 2015 for employment claims.  The statistics cover the period July to September 2015 with the number of claims received by the tribunal similar to the previous quarter. During the period, 4,345 single claims were received by employment tribunals, which is […]

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Amendment to a claim does not require another ACAS EC certificate

In Science Warehouse Ltd v Mills, the EAT has held that a claimant was not required to go through the ACAS early conciliation (EC) procedure for an amendment to a claim in respect of a new claim she wishes to add to her existing claim.  The Claimant wished to add a victimisation claim to her […]

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Employment courts online?

One of the current reforms being considered is the use of courts online including the potential for employment courts online.  Lord Justice Briggs has recently been carrying out a review of civil courts to look where efficiencies can be made. The report is due out before the end of the year but will be looking […]

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Employment Tribunal Fees Review

The Ministry of Justice is currently reviewing Employment Tribunal Fees.  I have finally found the time after a busy few months to review the wise words of the President of the Employment Tribunals on fees and their impact.  He has also made a number of suggestions for reform including the use a three tier fee system, […]

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Unison Loses Court of Appeal Challenge

The Court of Appeal has dismissed Unison’s appeals against the judicial review application challenging the legality of employment tribunal fees. Again, as seems to be a theme in the litigation, the Court agreed that Unison had not provided enough evidence to establish that the fees regime reached the EU law principle of effectiveness. The statistics […]

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Tribunal Fees Enquiry

The Justice Committee of MP’s is holding an enquiry into the effects of the introduction and levels of Court fees and charges, in particular the Employment Tribunal fees. This review is distinct from the Ministry of Justice’s review. It has a particular focus on whether the introduction of fees has affected access to justice. The […]

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ACAS Early conciliation one year on

It has now been just over a year since it became mandatory for the parties to use ACAS EC before proceeding with a claim before the Employment Tribunal save for in limited circumstances where the exceptions apply. ACAS have now published their annual report setting out how they have got on in the first year.  […]

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