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Employment Appeal Tribunal Cases – EAT Going Green

July 4th, 2012

When conducting advocacy, all those who have appeared before the EAT will know that parties are required to print and take copies of the cases…

Length of service needed to claim unfair dismissal now 2 years

April 10th, 2012

Employment Judges to sit Alone in Unfair Dismissal Hearings

February 17th, 2012

From 6 April 2012, Employment Judges will be able to sit alone when considering unfair dismissal complaints. There will no longer be the traditional panel…

Unfair Dismissal Qualifying Service to Increase to 2 years

February 15th, 2012

Regulations to increase the period of qualifying service needed to present an unfair dismissal complaint to an Employment Tribunal have been made  - see the The…

The role of appeal courts …

February 3rd, 2012

as expressed by His Honour Judge Pugsley in a recent EAT unfair dismissal case: "May we say right away that we consider that one has…

Unfair Dismissal Award Cap increases from today

February 1st, 2012

The maximum gross amount of an Unfair Dismissal compensatory award increases today to £72,300, up from £68,400. The basic award has also increased in the same…