Employment Tribunal Claims: tactics and precedents
Author: Naomi Cunningham and Michael Reed
Anyone appearing before an employment tribunal for the first time is faced with many procedures and rules that can confuse and mystify. Employment Tribunal Claims brings together practical guidance with an extensive collection of precedents to equip the claimant and his/her adviser with the tools and tactics to win their cases.
Full Price: £35
Edition: Third (January 2010) 416pp
' ... a rare gem ... the "flesh that clothes the bones" of the employment tribunal system.' New Law Journal
'I would have given my eye teeth for this book as a newly qualified employment lawyer representing claimants.' SCOLAG
'The text races along and the examples and anecdotes are so entertaining that it is truly a book you will not want your colleagues to borrow.' Adviser
'Despite not having a single O-level, thanks to Reed and Cunningham I had the confidence to represent myself and obtained compensation and a reference which I hope will help me find another job.' Letter from a reader.
This new edition has been updated, and extensively rewritten for ease of use. New features of this edition include:
- a reworking of most of the precedents to fit into one of two main cases through which the reader can follow the process from the drafting of the ET1, through interlocutory steps, to preparation for the hearing, the hearing itself and finally an appeal;
- guidance on getting the most out of your adviser;
- substantial new material on preparing for a hearing;
- enhanced guidance on drafting claims and witness statements;
- detailed advice on preparing a schedule of loss;
- guidance on the practical consequences of the abolition of the statutory dispute resolution regime.
There is depth and variety to give reassurance to beginners in the field, and its accessibility and clarity make it ideally suited for trade unionists, non-specialist advisers, volunteer tribunal representatives, lawyers at an early stage in their careers, and claimants representing themselves. Employment Tribunal Claims also serves as an excellent occasional resource for the established practitioner looking for some borrowed experience of a particular tactical problem, or for harassed solicitors wanting to point their clients to an accessible source of answers to employment tribunal FAQs.
Although the book is written from the point of view of the claimant, most of the tactical guidance and many of the precedents will be equally useful to employers and their advisers.
Employment Tribunal Claims is supported by http://www.etclaims.co.uk/, which is maintained by the authors and provides a continuous, searchable update on developments in law and practice relevant to the material covered in the book, plus further additional hints on tactics.
This book is an excellent companion to Employment law: an adviser's handbook and Employment Tribunal Procedure.
10% of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the Free Representation Unit (FRU).
http://www.freerepresentationunit.org.uk/
Downloadable precedents from the first edition - please note that for these precedents to be useful they need to be viewed in the context of Employment Tribunal Claims as a whole.
Authors:
Naomi Cunningham was called to the Bar in 1994 and worked at a number of London Law Centres® before joining the FRU as employment caseworker in 2000 and returning to independent practice as a barrister in 2004. She has written for the Industrial Law Journal (OUP) and Adviser (Citizens Advice), and is one of the contributing editors of Employment Court Practice (Sweet & Maxwell, 2nd edition, 2008). She now practises as a member of the employment team at Outer Temple Chambers.
Michael Reed was called to the Bar in 2003, and currently works at FRU as Legal Officer, Employment. At FRU he is responsible for supervising over 500 employment cases conducted by volunteers, as well as his own cases in the tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal. He is a director of the Discrimination Law Association, a member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee and on the editorial board of Adviser.
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Chapter one (pdf: 177Kb)
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: Pb 978 1 903307 70 0
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