United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal

APPEARANCES

 

For the Appellant	MISS S ROBERTSON APPEARING UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT LAW APPEAL ADVICE SCHEME


 


MR RECORDER LANGSTAFF QC

1. In this matter which comes before us by way of Preliminary Hearing in an appeal from the Employment Tribunal at Leeds, we propose to give leave so that the matter may be fully argued with the Respondents in attendance.
2. We have had the benefit of an argument from Miss Robertson of Counsel, under the ELAAS Scheme, for whose assistance we are, as ever, grateful. She has identified, following argument, 3 matters upon which she would wish to seek leave to appeal. She has formulated those as amended grounds of appeal. We have given leave for those grounds to be amended for the original grounds in substitution therefore. We consider that the hearing should be limited to the hearing of those 3 grounds.
3. As to the directions for hearing. We first observe that we have yet to hear the appeal in the case of Hobson where the Notice of Appeal does not raise the same matters as raised in the case of Mr S E Carter. If it should be the case that an application is made in due course by Mr Hobson for any amended Notice of Appeal to be filed, and if it should be the case that that notice raises any issue which is coincident with the 3 grounds set out in Mr Carter's appeal, we would expect the matters in dispute to be resolved at one and the same hearing, with both Mr Carter and Mr Hobson's appeals being dealt with at one and the same time.
4. On the basis that the case is presently on we estimate that it will take ½ a day to argue. It is, we think, Category C. Skeleton arguments together with any authorities to be relied upon must be provided no less than 14 days prior to the hearing. It seems to us that no further direction is required.

I think perhaps save one Miss Robertson, could you, do you think, undertake to have these amended grounds of appeal typed up?

Certainly sir, but it then has to go back via the Appellant for his signature. As an ELAAS representative I cannot do it and forward it myself, it has to go………

In that case we will give leave as it is and we can have it photocopied on the document. If it needs to be put into typescript it can be done later.

I am more than happy to assist.