The EAT considered whether there was any impropriety in an Industrial Tribunal considering an application for review even though their decision was under appeal to the EAT.
Held: There was no impropriety in so doing. In giving their reasons the EAT said: ‘One of the reasons why it is not necessarily undesirable to carry on with the application for a review is that experience shows that very often we have appeals perhaps related to compensation or matters of that kind where the real complaint is that some trivial error has been made – perhaps in computation, calculation or something of that sort – and where all we can do, if we are satisfied that it has, is to remit the matter to be reheard on that particular point.’
Citations:
[1978] ICR 559
Cited by:
Cited – Trimble v Supertravel Ltd EAT 1982
The Industrial Tribunal had held that the appellant’s dismissal was unfair but then decided that she had failed to mitigate her loss. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Tribunal announced its decision and stated that she was to get no . .
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Employment
Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.347414
