Access to Justice in the Employment Tribunal Institute of Employment Rights Liverpool: 24 January 2017 London 8 February 2017
Introduction what do we mean by access to justice? ET Fees HMCTS Reform Programme Briggs Review of Civil Court Structure Reform of the ET System
ET fees ET fees July 2013 67% fall in single claims correlation or causation? MoJ internal review of fees HC Justice Select Committee inquiry Unison court challenge Supreme Court 27 March 2017
HMCTS Reform Programme salami-slicing of resources HMCTS reform led by senior judiciary £1bn over 6 years changes to: estates IT procedures
Briggs Review Review of Civil Court Structure Final Report July 2016 online dispute resolution up to £25K employment litigation in ET, CC and HC Single Employment & Equality Court? proposals from Law Society Employment Lawyers Association
ET Reform consultation document on ET reform December 2016 closed 20 January 2017 digitisation of claims delegation to caseworkers composition of tribunal panels flexible dispute adjudication methods transfer of ET procedural rules from BEIS to MoJ
What does this mean? easier to present claims? swifter justice? reduced complexity? reduced costs? what of accessible justice? will the ET be recognisable as it is today?