A disability is defined in section 6(1) of the Equality Act 2010: “A person (‘P’) has a disability if (a) he has a physical or mental impairment, and (b) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on P’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.” The definition is wide and can include people […]
Extra expenses over and above the solicitor’s fees.
A procedure followed by the employer in dealing with disciplinary matters. Employers who do not have written disciplinary procedures are frequently penalised in ETs. We can produce a disciplinary procedure for your business. If you are an employee we can check that your employer is following their procedure.
The formal process of parties revealing relevant documents to each other. The term “discovery” is still sometimes used.
An old fashioned term for disclosure of documents.
Short hearing to decide the amount of damages to be awarded where a judgment in default has been entered.
Distinguishing an earlier case from the one being examined means showing that the two decisions are different in some material respect. If such a distinction can be made then the ET will not be expected to follow the earlier authority.
County Court judge who deals with interim applications and small claims and fast track trials. A district judge is junior to a circuit judge.
Terms of an order prepared by one or both parties in the hope that the court will approve it.
Where the parties agreed to walk away from the claim and each pay their own costs.