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What does Style mean? In legal practice, a style is a precedent or template for a document, used as a model when drafting similar documents (for example, contracts, deeds, pleadings, affidavits, company resolutions and wills). The term is descriptive rather than statutory; it is widely used in Scotland and understood across England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland, where ‘precedent’ is more common. A style typically provides boilerplate wording, standard clauses and optional alternatives (often shown in square brackets), sometimes with drafting notes. Styles appear in firm house-style collections and published style books or formbooks. Practitioners must adapt any style to the client’s facts, transaction, forum...

Time limits for presenting employment tribunal claims: calculation, early conciliation extensions, 'not reasonably practicable'/'just and equitable' tests, and res judicata (England, Wales and Scotland)

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The employment tribunal’s authority to consider claims arises from legislation (for instance, the Unfair dismissal Jurisdiction stems from the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996)). The deadlines for submitting such claims are likewise contained in the relevant statute (for example, the three-month period for an unfair dismissal claim appears in ERA 1996, s 111). If a claim is not made within the applicable time limit, it falls outside the tribunal’s jurisdiction and cannot be heard unless the tribunal concludes that time should be extended in accordance with the principles applicable to that particular type of claim. This Practice Note examines these jurisdictional time limits for first presenting a claim to the tribunal, and the scope for extending them...

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