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HMCTS Employment Tribunals reform: MyHMCTS expansion, switch to ET1 submission via portal and new digital features for professional representatives in England, Wales and Scotland (early 2024)

Published on: 30 January 2024

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Employment Tribunal Reform Project: Update for ET Professional Users (January 2024)

Employment Tribunal Reform Project: ELA Webinar Q&A—30 November 2023

What are the practical implications of this development?

The central message is that HMCTS is still advancing—albeit rather slowly—with the roll-out of its modernisation programme. MyHMCTS remains live only in the early adopter locations (Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol and Nottingham), and the next stages will be trialled exclusively in those venues.

  • MyHMCTS will be extended to all claim types during January and February;
  • thereafter, for professional users in those early adopter sites, the current online submission route will give way to submitting ET1 claims via the portal (no fixed date, but indications suggest around March).

Practitioners should familiarise themselves with the MyHMCTS portal and register if they have not already done so. As highlighted in questions raised at the 30 November 2023 webinar and addressed in the written Q&A, the account will be created at law firm level, with the option to have multiple administrators...

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