Employment tribunals – the key developments

• A tribunal must consider a number of factors in deciding whether it is in the interests of justice to overturn a strike-out for non-compliance with an “unless” order (case 1).

• A handwritten tribunal claim form should not be rejected just because it is hard to read (case 2).

• Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights does not give a claimant the right to have witnesses called for cross-examination in an employment tribunal (case 3).

• It is wrong to refuse a reasonable joint postponement request when the effect is that the parties must instruct new Counsel at the last minute (case 4).