The Case

Although a deposit order under r20(1) of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure in Sch1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004 was not a judgment for the purposes of r28(1)(a) and not subject to review, an order under r20(4) to strike-out a complaint for failure to comply with that order was such a judgment and was subject to review. However, a deposit order could nevertheless be the subject of revocation or variation under the power to make case management orders in r10 of those Rules. Finally, the employee's failure to specify the correct postcode in his solicitor's address amounted to an 'administrative error' for the purposes of r34(3)(a). Administrative errors by the parties, as well as the tribunal staff (but not the chairman) came within the scope of that provision.