An interlocutory order once made may be revisited by the Employment Tribunal. Waterhouse J said: ‘It is abundantly clear, therefore, that interlocutory orders do not constitute a decision within the meaning of the Industrial Tribunal (Rules of Procedure) Regulations 1980. Moreover, the power of review provided by rule 10(1) applies only to a decision within … Continue reading Nikitas v Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council: EAT 1986
The claimant had claimed race discrimination. The tribunal declined to order the issue of witness summonses. The EAT overturned that decision on the basis that the tribunal had not recognised that it had a discretion to issue the summonses, and had therefore failed to exercise it, and remitted the case for rehearing. The employer appealed. … Continue reading Noorani v Merseyside TEC Limited: CA 19 Oct 1998
The employee claimed that she had been sexually harassed by her manager. In the course of her evidence the employers sought to cross-examine her as to her general attitude towards sexual matters, based on events which had occurred during the course of her employment. She denied the allegations put to her. The employers then sought … Continue reading Snowball v Gardner Merchant: EAT 1987
