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Notice definition

What does Notice mean? A notice is a formal communication given under a contract or statute to start, vary, enforce, or end rights and obligations—commonly used for termination, breach/default, claims, variations, rent review, or landlord and tenant notices. The term is descriptive and used across legal contexts; its validity is governed by the contract’s notice clause and, where relevant, by legislation and case law on service and timing. Key features: - Strict compliance is usually required with any prescribed form, content, addressee, method of service (for example, hand, courier, post, recorded delivery, email), and notice periods. - Deemed service provisions often fix when a notice is treated...

Calculating and extending EAT appeal time limits: 42‑day rule, receipt, filing requirements, and discretion under Rules 37(1) and 37(5) (England & Wales and Scotland)

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Practice notes

This Practice Note reviews the deadline for challenging an Employment tribunal judgment in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). It addresses the 42-day period for lodging appeals, the point from which that period begins, receipt, and the absence of deemed service rule for documents dispatched by post. It further considers requests for extra time to commence an appeal under the extension provisions in Rule 37(1) and Rule 37(5) of the EAT Rules 1993 (EAT Rules), and outlines the principles and factors for granting additional time, as reflected in the relevant case law.

Calculating the time limit for presenting a Notice of Appeal

An appeal against an order, direction, or decision must be filed within 42 days of the date of that order, direction, or decision. The EAT will regard an employment tribunal’s refusal to make an order or decision as itself amounting to an order, direction, or decision. The operative date of the order, direction, or decision is the date on which they are sent to the parties, a date that is ordinarily shown on the face of the document...

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