Milestone 3 of 6 Resolve a Shared Parental Leave dispute: curtailment, eligibility, refused bookings

3. Test the curtailment notice (Decision Point 2)

A curtailment notice is binding once given. But there are only three narrow grounds for withdrawing it: the parent or partner turns out not to have been entitled to SPL, the partner has died, or the notice was given before the birth and is withdrawn within six weeks of the birth, provided no SPL has started. If one of those applies, the notice can be unwound. If none applies, the maternity or adoption leave is gone and the dispute moves to how the SPL itself is being administered.