Course code: ET - call 0845 071 2801
Overview
Course duration: 2 days.
This course is run in partnership with JSB.
Interactive training and practice – with optional 3rd day tribunal visit.
This extremely practical course, packed with useful tips and techniques, will enable you to understand how tribunals operate, to deal with hearings more confidently, to present cases more effectively and to know when and how to settle.
Is it right for me?
Designed for Personnel and HR Professionals, Employee Relations Managers, Legal Advisers, In-house lawyers, HR Consultants.
What will I learn?
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Understand latest tribunal rules and procedures
- Identify key issues in a tribunal claim
- Know how to prepare, present and settle cases
- Ensure that you and your organisation are competent and confident in
dealing with the revised employment tribunal system
What will it cover?
Tribunal proceedings
- Who can claim and under what circumstances?
- The role of the claim and response forms
- Dealing with a claim: is it admissible?
- Time limits and qualifying periods
Defending the claim and preparing your case
- Preliminary matters
- Being wary of default judgments
- Getting rid of hopeless cases
- The role of the pre-hearing review
- Responding to a questionnaire
- Which documents go in the bundle?
- Deciding whether you need a lawyer
- Planning tactics and strategy
Preparing for the Tribunal hearing
- What are the alternatives to tribunal?
- To settle or not to settle? Valuing the claim and considering your options
- Resolving disputes: considering the role of ACAS
- Compromise agreements: a cost/benefit analysis
- Special considerations when dealing with discrimination cases
- Witness statements
- What to do about the reluctant or unavailable witness
- Postponements and adjournments
- Skeleton arguments
At the hearing: top tips and techniques for success
- Presenting Evidence in Chief: order of witnesses, ‘best evidence’, hearsay and leading questions
- Cross-examination: key pointers for maximum impact
- Questioning by the tribunal
- Re-examination?
- Making the most of your closing address
Judgments, reviews and appeals
- Judgments: orders and reasons
- Unfair dismissal remedies
- What does ‘acting reasonably’ mean?
- Appeals and reviews
- Costs and preparation time orders
- A round-up of recent case law
Optional: Visit to an Employment Tribunal – experience an actual employment tribunal ( Optional Day 3)
- Witness a live employment tribunal case
- Discuss aspects of the case with our expert trainer
- Highlight procedure, tactics and points of law
- Put newly acquired knowledge into practical, legal context
Further courses to consider
Complete Employment Law
Managing within the Law