12 July 2007 / Elliot Gold , Alastair Hodge

Issue: 7281 / Categories: Features , Employment

Coming off the rails

Flaws in statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures mean cases may have to be reheard, say Alastair Hodge and Elliot Gold

Lawyers and judges, one presumes, take the train just like everyone else. So we should all know how complicated and awkward the ticket system can be. It is easy to know where one wants to go. Finding the right ticket to ride, however, can be another matter. With this thought in mind, Parliament, in its wisdom, appears to have brought the same simplicity and elegance to the employment tribunals in the form of the statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures. We all know that a claimant wants to take the train to the tribunal. The problem, however, is which of the various types of ticket they have to purchase. And also, whether the government is trying to price them off the trains altogether.

Lawrence v Prison Service

In Lawrence v Prison Service [2007] UKEAT/630/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) started its judgment by declaring that the appeal raised “yet again a problem

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Coming off the rails

Issue: 7281 / Categories: Features , Employment

Flaws in statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures mean cases may have to be reheard, say Alastair Hodge and Elliot Gold

Lawrence v Prison Service

In Lawrence v Prison Service [2007] UKEAT/630/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) started its judgment by declaring that the appeal raised

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Coming off the rails

Lawrence v Prison Service

Lawrence v Prison Service

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

DWF—five appointments

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby