employment tribunals

Cards (3)

  • a tribunal operate alongside the court system and are an important part of the legal system
    they were created to help enforce entitlement to certain social rights
    a tribunal must be used instead of court proceedings
  • examples of tribunals include
    • employment - most common
    • mental health tribunals
  • tribunals were created by the industrial training act 1964 but it is now governed by a mixture of primary legislation e.g Employment tribunals act 1996, and secondary legislation e.g The Employment Tribunals Regulations 2013