Costs in Employment Tribunals meets the needs of practitioners, analysing what tribunals are doing, and more importantly, why they are doing so. Uniquely, it draws on decisions in over 100 unreported tribunal cases where costs were awarded or refused, offering the reader clarity on how costs decisions are made in the cases that make up the bread and butter of their practice. Each chapter deals with costs arising out of particular circumstances, and the book also covers costs in other courts and enforcement issues. This book is essential reading for employment lawyers, in-house lawyers working on employment matters, HR consultants and tribunal judges.

Table of Contents

Part 1 - Introduction * Introduction * Overview of costs rules * Costs v preparation time orders Part 2 - Costs in Employment Tribunals * Deposits * Costs warnings * Postponements and adjournments * Factually hopeless allegations * Legally misconceived claims and arguments * Unnecessary/dishonest allegations * Conduct of proceedings * Wasted costs orders against representatives * Appealing Employment Tribunal costs decisions Part 3 - Costs in other Courts * Costs in the Employment Appeal Tribunal * Costs in the civil courts Part 4 - Enforcement * Enforcement of costs in the civil court

Author Biography

Daniel Barnett, Barrister, 1 Temple Gardens, Kate Palka, Palka Downton Solicitors and Benjamin Hay, Barrister, 1 Temple Gardens