UK Statutory Instrument 2024 United Kingdom

The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024

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Schedules

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s.sch001

Application and interpretation of Schedule 1

s.sch001

Sending of documents

s.sch001

Witness orders and disclosure of documents

s.sch001

Special advocate

s.sch001

Hearings

s.sch001

Reasons in national security proceedings

s.sch002

Application and interpretation of Schedule 2

s.sch002

Use of expert evidence

s.sch002

Written questions to experts (including independent experts)

s.sch002

Procedural matters

s.sch002

National security proceedings

s.sch002

General power to manage proceedings

s.sch002

Conduct of stage 1 equal value hearing

s.sch002

Standard orders for stage 1 equal value hearing

s.sch002

Involvement of independent expert in fact finding

s.sch002

Conduct of stage 2 equal value hearing

s.sch002

Standard orders for stage 2 equal value hearing

s.sch002

Final hearing

s.sch002

Duties and powers of the independent expert

Browse 105 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.rule 1

Citation, commencement, application and extent

s.rule 10

Presenting the claim

s.rule 100

Vexatious litigants

s.rule 101

Information to the Commission for Equality and Human Rights

s.rule 102

Levy appeals

s.rule 103

Appeals against improvement and prohibition notices

s.rule 104

Appeals against notices given under the Energy Act 2013

s.rule 105

Appeals against unlawful act notices

s.rule 11

Multiple claimants

s.rule 12

Rejection: claim form not used or failure to supply minimum information

s.rule 13

Rejection: substantive defects

s.rule 14

Reconsideration of rejection of claim

s.rule 15

Protected disclosure claims

s.rule 16

Sending claim form to respondents

s.rule 17

Response

s.rule 18

Rejection: response form not used or failure to supply minimum information

s.rule 19

Rejection: response form presented late

s.rule 2

Interpretation

s.rule 20

Reconsideration of rejection of response

s.rule 21

Applications for extension of time for presenting response

s.rule 22

Effect of non-presentation or rejection of response, or case not contested

s.rule 23

Notification of acceptance

s.rule 24

Making an employer’s contract claim

s.rule 25

Notification of employer’s contract claim

s.rule 26

Replying to an employer’s contract claim

s.rule 27

Initial consideration

s.rule 28

Dismissal of claim

s.rule 29

Dismissal of response or reply

s.rule 3

Overriding objective

s.rule 30

Case management orders

s.rule 31

Applications for case management orders

s.rule 32

Postponements

s.rule 33

Disclosure of documents and information

s.rule 34

Requirement to attend to give evidence

s.rule 35

Addition, substitution and removal of parties

s.rule 36

Other persons

s.rule 37

Lead cases

s.rule 38

Striking out

s.rule 39

Unless orders

s.rule 4

Alternative dispute resolution

s.rule 40

Deposit orders

s.rule 41

General

s.rule 42

Written representations

s.rule 43

Witnesses

s.rule 44

Inspection of witness statements

s.rule 45

Timetabling

s.rule 46

Hearings by electronic communication

s.rule 47

Non-attendance

s.rule 48

Conversion from preliminary hearing to final hearing and vice versa

s.rule 49

Privacy and restrictions on disclosure

s.rule 5

Time

s.rule 50

End of claim

s.rule 51

Dismissal following withdrawal

s.rule 52

Scope of preliminary hearings

s.rule 53

Direction for preliminary hearing

s.rule 54

Preliminary hearings held in public

s.rule 55

Scope of final hearing

s.rule 56

Notice of final hearing

s.rule 57

Final hearing held in public

s.rule 58

Decisions made without a hearing

s.rule 59

Decisions made at or following a hearing

s.rule 6

Irregularities and non-compliance

s.rule 60

Reasons

s.rule 61

Absence of presiding member

s.rule 62

Consent orders and judgments

s.rule 63

When a judgment or order takes effect

s.rule 64

Time for compliance

s.rule 65

The Register

s.rule 66

Copies of decisions for referring court

s.rule 67

Correction of clerical mistakes and accidental slips

s.rule 68

Principles

s.rule 69

Application for reconsideration

s.rule 7

Delegation to staff

s.rule 70

Process for reconsideration

s.rule 71

Reconsideration by the Tribunal on its own initiative

s.rule 72

Definitions

s.rule 73

Costs orders and preparation time orders

s.rule 74

When a costs order or a preparation time order may or must be made

s.rule 75

Procedure

s.rule 76

The amount of a costs order

s.rule 77

The amount of a preparation time order

s.rule 78

When a wasted costs order may be made

s.rule 79

Effect of a wasted costs order

s.rule 8

Presidential Guidance

s.rule 80

Procedure

s.rule 81

Allowances

s.rule 82

Ability to pay

s.rule 83

Sending documents to the Tribunal

s.rule 84

Sending documents to parties

s.rule 85

Sending documents to non-parties

s.rule 86

Special cases

s.rule 87

Alternative address

s.rule 88

Date of receipt

s.rule 89

Irregular sending of documents

s.rule 9

Prescribed forms

s.rule 90

Correspondence with the Tribunal: copying to other parties

s.rule 91

Digital case management

s.rule 92

ACAS

s.rule 93

National security proceedings

s.rule 94

Interim relief proceedings

s.rule 95

Proceedings involving the National Insurance Fund

s.rule 96

Collective agreements

s.rule 97

Devolution issues

s.rule 98

Transfer of proceedings between Scotland and England and Wales

s.rule 99

Transfer of proceedings from a court

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