A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up
Writing in NLJ this week, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, notes that most employment claims can be brought within six months rather than three from 1 October, under the Employment Rights Act 2025. The change aligns the period with redundancy and equal-pay claims. He also highlights a forthcoming drive for 45 fee-paid judges in the First-tier Tribunal’s property chamber, where caseloads are expected to rise sharply.
Elsewhere, the Court of Appeal in Orton v Barclays Bank UK plc confirms that costs on the small-claims track require conduct with no reasonable explanation; simply losing or withdrawing a claim is insufficient. In Tachkani, the Upper Tribunal also rejected an attempt to imply a service-charge reserve fund into leases that did not provide for one.
