All employment law claims reliant on the Supreme Court’s ruling that employment tribunal fees are unlawful have been stayed.
In R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51, at the end of July, the Supreme Court held that charging claimants fees for bringing claims to the employment tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal, is unlawful.
Following this landmark decision, Judge Brian Doyle, president of the employment tribunals, has now ordered that all claims or applications brought to the employment tribunal be stayed to await decisions of the Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service in relation to the implications of that decision.
Any party or representative wishing to make representations for the further conduct of such claims or applications should do so upon application to the regional employment judge for the relevant employment tribunal region.
