header-logo header-logo

Executive decisions

06 June 2014 / Michael Salter , Chris Bryden
Issue: 7609 / Categories: Features , Employment
printer mail-detail
web_employment_executive_decisions_bryden

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter discuss presidential guidance

Previous iterations of the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure provided for the making of practice directions. The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1237) do not alter this settled procedure, but they additionally permit the promulgation of Presidential Guidance by the sitting President (r 7 of the 2013 Rules (contained within reg 13(1), Sch 1 of the 2013 Regulations)).

In both s 7A of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (ETA 1996) and r 7 of the 2013 Rules the word “guidance” is used. ETA 1996 states that guidance about the application or interpretation or the making of decisions by members of the employment tribunal, unlike practice directions, do not require the approval of the senior president of the lord chancellor. Rule 7 of the 2013 Rules requires that the president publishes any guidance “in an appropriate manner to bring it to the attention of claimants, respondents and their advisors” and that the Guidance is to cover “matters of practice and as

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees

Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort

NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
back-to-top-scroll