Employment Appeal Tribunal in United Kingdom

Definition of Employment Appeal Tribunal

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Employment Appeal Tribunal : (EAT)

A statutory body established to hear appeals from *employment tribunals. The EAT consists of a High Court judge as chairman and two or four lay members who have special knowledge or experience as employers’ or employees’ representatives. They can only hear appeals on questions of law, issues of fact being in the exclusive jurisdiction of employment tribunals. The EAT may allow or dismiss an appeal or, in certain circumstances, remit the case to the employment tribunal for further hearing. It does not generally order either party to pay the other’s costs, except when the appeal is frivolous, vexatious, or improperly conducted. The parties may be represented at the hearing by anyone they choose, who need not have legal qualifications. The EAT cannot enforce its own decisions; thus, for example, when an employer fails to comply with an order for compensation that the EAT upholds, separate application must be made to the court to enforce the order. A party may appeal to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the EAT, but only with the leave of the EAT or the Court of Appeal. The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (effective from 22 August 1996) sets out the jurisdiction of the EAT.

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• Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Encyclopedia of Britain
• Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary
• Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Halsbury’s Laws of England
• Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases
• Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law
• Employment Appeal Tribunal in the New Oxford Companion to Law
• Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Words and Phrases Legally Defined
• Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Oxford Dictionary of Law