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EAT Practice Direction makes provision for wholly and partially remote hearings

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Published on: 12 June 2020

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Revised paragraph 19 of the Practice Direction (Employment Appeal Tribunal—Procedure) 2018
19 Hearings
Hearings Before Judge and One Lay Member
Hearings in Person
Remote Participation and Wholly Remote Hearings
Private Hearings
Recording of Partially Remote Hearings
Recording of Wholly Remote Hearings

Article summary

Employment analysis: A Practice Direction entitled ‘Practice Direction (Employment Appeal Tribunal – Procedure – Hearings) 2020’, which substitutes a revised paragraph 19 in the main 2018 EAT Practice Direction, to allow and provide for wholly and partially remote hearings by telephone, over the internet, by video link or other electronic means, has been published by the President of the EAT, Choudhury P.

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