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What does Case management mean? In practice, case management is the court’s active control of civil proceedings so a case progresses efficiently, fairly and at proportionate cost. Through case management conferences and pre-trial reviews, the court sets timetables, gives directions on statements of case/pleadings, disclosure and expert evidence, narrows the issues, encourages ADR, and enforces compliance with sanctions; in some jurisdictions it also manages costs budgets. In England and Wales, the Civil Procedure Rules govern case management: the overriding objective (Part 1) and case management powers (Part 3) drive directions, track allocation and costs management. In Scotland, active judicial case management is embedded in the Court...

Remote Employment Tribunal Hearings: Presidential Guidance, Technology, Bundles, Etiquette and Open Justice in England & Wales and Scotland

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Remote hearings

Remote hearings are proceedings conducted via electronic communication (eg telephone or video), as opposed to the usual in-person hearing where everyone attends an employment tribunal hearing centre. Traditionally, employment tribunals heard almost all cases in person. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, however, seriously impacted the tribunals’ operational capacity, and the main safe way to hold hearings during that period was through a significant increase in remote hearings.

Although the restrictions from the pandemic no longer apply, tribunals still conduct many more hearings remotely than they did beforehand. For further background, and to understand how and when employment tribunals decide if a hearing should be in person, remote, or partly remote (ie hybrid), see Practice Note: Format of employment tribunal hearings. This Practice Note considers how employment tribunal hearings are run remotely, in particular with reference to:

the Presidential Guidance: conduct of employment tribunal proceedings during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (18 March 2020) (the March 2020 guidance) issued jointly by the President of Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) (then Judge Brian Doyle), and...

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