Tribunal procedures
The Employment Tribunals in England and Wales and in Scotland publish guidance for listing and hearing cases in COVID-19 FAQs
Tick tock – an employer’s waiting game as claimants may get six months to bring employment tribunal claims
Hearings over Skype?
When can off the record discussions be used in evidence?
Section 111A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 enables “pre-termination negotiations” to take place between an employer and employee to […]
Could a tribunal claimant freeze their employer’s bank account?
The Scottish courts have held that they can make protective orders against the assets of an employer where a claim […]
Principle of open justice allows non-party to litigation proceedings access to court documents
Can someone who is not a party to a court case in England get access to court documents? Does this […]
A word to the publicity shy – Employment Tribunal judgments must be published
Judgments issued by Employment Tribunals are maintained in a public register and, since 9 February 2017, published on an online […]
Only 20 per cent of tribunal fees have been refunded since Supreme Court ruling
Following the Supreme Court ruling which declared tribunal fees unlawful, the government pledged to refund those who had paid tribunal […]
Unfair Dismissal: extending the date of dismissal by the statutory notice period
The recent case of Lancaster & Duke v. Wileman is a useful reminder to employers that terminating an employee's employment in the week before they gain two years' continuous service may still enable an employee to claim that they have the requisite qualifying service to bring a claim for ordinary unfair dismissal.
Acas Annual Report
Acas has issued its first annual report since the July 2017 Supreme Court judgment declaring employment tribunal fees unlawful (a previous blog post on the possible effects of that decision can be found here).
Employment tribunal fees – what does the future hold for employment tribunals?
When the Supreme Court reached its landmark decision on the legality of employment tribunal (ET) fees last summer (we previously blogged about this here) the court reviewed the evidence regarding the effect of fees on ET claims and noted there had been "a dramatic and persistent fall in the number of claims" since fees were controversially introduced in 2013.