A chairman of an Industrial Tribunal acting alone had a mandatory obligation to consider whether the decision he was asked to make must be remitted to a full panel. Still, a failure to make such a consideration was an irregularity which did not go as to his jurisdiction to make the decision, and so the decision made in the absence of such consideration stood.
Judges:
The Honourable Mr Justice Charles
Citations:
Times 11-Nov-1999, Gazette 01-Dec-1999, EAT/1115/98, [2000] IRLR 224, [1999] UKEAT 1115 – 98 – 0111
Links:
Statutes:
Employment Tribunals Act 1996 4(3)
Cited by:
Cited – James Dressel v Partnership Housing Ltd EAT 19-Mar-2003
EAT The appellant challenged the decision of the tribunal in that the chairman had sat alone despite the existence of a condition under s5 requiring him to consider acting with a panel.
Held: The chairman . .
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Employment
Updated: 06 June 2022; Ref: scu.171425
