Well having been tipped off in advance that the Supreme Court was to hand down its Judgment in the Unison challenge to Tribunal fees, I was simply in the dark as to the news storm this would create. I will admit I was surprised that the Supreme Court decided that ET fees were unlawful. I […]
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Reasons not to bring a Tribunal Claim
When analysing the reasons why Claimant’s decide not to proceed with their claim following ACAS EC there has been much speculation that this is because of the introduction of fees which are preventing access to justice. ACAS has carried out their own research into the reasons people provide as to their rationale as to why […]
Latest Tribunal Statistics
The Tribunal statistics for the period April – June 2016 have been released. They show a marginal drop in single claims compared to the same period last year (3%) and that there has been a further increase in multiple claims by 38% for the same period. Over 15,000 claims were issued in that three month […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Unison to appeal
Unison are to appeal against the decision of the High Court which dismissed its judicial review application challenging the lawfulness of employment tribunal fees. Unison has secured permission to appeal on all grounds to the Court of Appeal which will be heard in June.
Employment Tribunal Fees
It seems, following the defeat of the last Unison challenge last year, that at least for now Employment Tribunal fees are here to stay. There are two sides to every argument; the Government argues that it is right to ask service users to contribute to the costs of running of the system. The Opposition and […]
Unison Challenge 2 rejected
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 […]
Employment Tribunals
By way of an update, the Ministry of Justice has published tribunal statistics for January to March 2014 which show a continuation in the reduction in the number of claims since fees were introduced in July 2013. This time the drop was around 59% for single individuals compared with the same period in 2013. Unison […]