EAT PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Costs – Case management – Claim for disability discrimination and breach of contract. Preliminary hearing at which claimants’ solicitors found liable in expenses and pre hearing review fixed under Rule 7 of Schedule 1 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001. Claimant appealed against both determinations. Employment Appeal Tribunal held that award of expenses against claimant’s solicitor was incompetent but that the Employment Tribunal had not erred in determining that there should be a pre- hearing review.
Citations:
[2005] UKEAT 0073 – 04 – 1805, EATS/0073/04
Links:
Statutes:
Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Employment, Discrimination
Updated: 01 July 2022; Ref: scu.227024