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EAT to weed out weak appeals

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2004 (SI 2004/2526) were finally laid before parliament on 24 September 2004 and came into force on 1 October 2004, as anticipated1. The most immediate changes to note are:

  • that every notice of appeal must now be accompanied by copies of the relevant employment tribunal claim and response forms, or an explanation as to why they cannot be included; and a copy of the tribunal judgment; and
  • that the EAT now has the power to "weed out" weak appeals simply by notifying the appellant of its intention to take no further action on the appeal.