Winning in the Employment Tribunal - A Blueprint to Improve your Success Rate

Consistently rated by delegates as “excellent” for 15 years, this seminar is built on Jonathan’s 25 years of practical experience of preparing and presenting Employment Tribunal claims for both claimants and respondents. Tribunals are not County Courts. Come and learn how to think like an Employment Tribunal instead. Packed with practical illustrations, this seminar will change your thinking and will definitely improve your success rate and your personal reputation with Employment Judges.

• You are a lawyer not a bus driver – what is the difference?
• Claims and issues – what do these words mean?
• How does an Employment Tribunal approach the hearing of a case? What do they want to know?
• Claim and Response Forms – what to include and what to leave out
• Using and abusing Rules of Procedure –
• What you need to know about witness statements. Your words or those of the witness? Detailed practical guidance on drafting.
• Why a bundle of documents should be more than just a lever arch file!
• Contributory fault, duty to mitigate and Polkey
• How to act for an employer who has an apparently “hopeless” case
• Advocacy and the likes and dislikes of Employment Judges
• Prepare schedules of loss like never before – what should they look like and why
• Practical tips on negotiating settlements
• How do the Recoupment Regulations work?
• Skeleton Arguments and closing speeches – make yourself an expert

Course Dates

12/06/2012 Leeds	09:30 - 17:00 Venue Information
13/06/2012 London	09:30 - 17:00 Venue Information
10/10/2012 London	09:30 - 17:00 Venue Information
16/10/2012 Birmingham	09:30 - 17:00 Venue Information

Jonathan Whittaker 
is a Partner and Head of Employment Law at Legal 500 firm SAS Daniels LLP in Cheshire. His is one of the largest employment departments in the North of England and both he and his department are rated as a “leading firm” and “leading individual” in Chambers. He has specialised in employment law for over 25 years and appears as a regular advocate before Employment Tribunals throughout the UK. Jonathan is also an accredited Commercial and Employment Law Mediator and an employment law expert on the Law Society’s Negligence Panel.