This guide sets out the differences between the law on employment tribunals and dispute resolution in Scotland compared with the rest of Great Britain (England and Wales).
An amendment paper on the Employment Rights Bill has been published by the House of Commons, including a new clause extending the limitation for bringing a tribunal claim from three months to six.
Use this flowchart to deal with the practical and legal issues involved in responding to an employment tribunal claim, including preparing the grounds of resistance.
In Curless v Shell International Ltd, the Court of Appeal upheld the tribunal decision that an email that contained legal advice on how to avoid a discriminatory dismissal is protected by legal privilege because it was not advice to act in an "underhand or iniquitous way".