Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 349 (Mar)
Neutral Citation: [2004] EWCA Civ 306
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Pill, Latham LJJ and Eady J

Representation Suzanne Palmer (instructed by the Bar Pro Bono Unit) for the employee.
  Benjamin Uduje (instructed by Deborah Holmes) for the employer.
Judgment Dates: 18 March 2004

Catchwords

Employment - Employment Tribunal - Bias - Chairman of employment tribunal refusing to recuse himself - Tribunal ordering employee to pay employer's costs of hearing - Employment appeal tribunal declining jurisdiction to hear employee's appeal - Correctness of decision.

The Case

The Employment Appeal Tribunal had been wrong to decline jurisdiction to hear an employee's appeal against the chairman of an employment tribunal's failure to recuse himself, and the tribunal had erred in making an order that the employee pay the employer's costs.

Practice Areas

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