Employment Appeal Tribunal

Judge Peter Clark, with the express authority of Elias P, said (at para 17):

“I wish to make it clear that it is the responsibility of parties and their representatives to ensure that where cases are reported those reports are included in the list and copied in the bundle of authorities. The reasons are two-fold;

first, it helps the EAT, when pre-reading a case, to refer to the head note of an authority. It is not a sensible use of time to read through the entire judgment in order to assimilate the basic facts and holdings in the case.

Secondly, it is useful to the readers of our judgments to see precise references to passages in the earlier cases cited; this is often helped by reference to the relevant law report.”