Category Tribunals,
FACE COVERINGS IN COURT AND TRIBUNAL BUILDINGS: NEW RULES FROM THE 27th JULY 2020
Susan Acland-Hood, Chief Executive of HMCTS has written a letter to Michael Duck QC, leader of the Midland Circuit (and presumably to other Circuit leaders and solicitors representatives as well) relating to the wearing of face coverings in the public areas of court and tribunal buildings. I’m writing to inform you that from […]
HMCTS weekly operational update: week commencing 4 May 2020
HMCTS now issues an operating update every week. “From Friday 24 April 2020 are issuing weekly updates on our operational position and we’ll email our subscribers each Sunday evening with a reminder. On Monday mornings we’ll also publish a link to the weekly update on Twitter. You can see our previously issued daily operational […]
GUIDANCE FOR HEARINGS IN TRIBUNALS: USEFUL LINKS
There are now a number of guides available to assist lawyers and litigants in the the specialist tribunals. THE LINKS Administrative Appeals Chamber – Face to face hearings are not being held but telephone and video hearings can take place. If a judge decides that an appeal does not need a hearing, the case will be decided […]
UPDATE ON PROCEEDINGS IN THE EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL
UPDATE ON PROCEEDINGS IN THE EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL No hearings (including by telephone or Skype) from Wednesday 25 March 2020 until Wednesday 15 April 2020 Any appeals to be lodged during this period must be done by email UPDATE ON PROCEEDINGS IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS: Only cases already listed to be heard by 26 June 2020 are currently […]
WEBINAR ON VIDEOCONFERENCING HEARINGS AT THE ET: 27th MARCH 2020 1.00 pm: ADVANCE NOTICE
Anisa Niaz-Dickinson, Laura Gouldand Rosie Kight are running a short session on Zoom on video-conferencing at the ET. Details of how to join will be sent out shortly. The London Central ET hopes that short contentious hearings such as pre-hearings on jurisdiction can be dealt with electronically within the next 6 weeks. An EJ specifically […]
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL HEARING, BY PHONE (WITH A LITIGANT IN PERSON)
Hearings by telephone are still proceeding, even with litigants in person. here Helen Trotter relays her experience of a hearing earlier today. This morning I was instructed in my first converted preliminary hearing from a multi day trial. The other side was not represented but all dialled in via the phone direction sent by the […]
THE PRACTICAL IMPACT OF THE CHANGES IN MENTAL HEALTH TRIBUNAL PRACTICE
New procedures have been put in place by Sir Ernest Ryder for Tribunal Judges, for an initial period of 6 months. They are being regularly reviewed and will be dispensed with when no longer necessary. Helen Trotter looks at the practical impact of this. THE CHANGES Mental Health Tribunals have dispensed with the need […]
MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE DIRECTION: JUDGE SITTING ALONE CAN MAKE DECISIONS
The Senior President of Tribunals has issued a Practice Direction on procedure in the First Tier Tribunal (Mental Health). THE PRACTICE DIRECTION PILOT PRACTICE DIRECTION: HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CARE CHAMBER OF THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL (MENTAL HEALTH) Background 1. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it may be necessary for tribunals to adjust their ways of […]
CORONAVIRUS: GUIDANCE FOR LAWYERS AND BUSINESSES 
Recent Comments