EAT PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Postponement or stay
On an expedited appeal, the Regional Employment Judge wrongly refused a joint application by the parties to postpone a 2 day hearing. The case was listed for 2 days and the judge imposed a 6-day listing. It was not in accordance with the overriding objective that the parties lose their counsel and instruct new counsel on the eve of the trial, and while there remains incomplete disclosure. Hearing adjourned and the Employment Tribunal invited to use listing to conduct a CMD on disclosure issues.
Citations:
[2010] UKEAT 0212 – 10 – 2204
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Employment
Updated: 18 August 2022; Ref: scu.415916