Employment Tribunals are under pressure. Legal Lens explains why the backlog is a route-design problem, not just a delay problem.
Written by John Barwell
Written by John Barwell
Written by John Barwell
A County Court judgment can move from court procedure into financial life. This Legal Lens article explains why a CCJ is not one simple thing, and why judgment, registration, credit consequences, payment, satisfaction, cancellation, set aside, variation and stay are different legal routes with different effects.
Written by John Barwell
Civil procedure · Default judgment · Set aside A court judgment does not always follow a trial. Sometimes it follows silence. Default judgment is the procedural moment where a missed response can become judgment before the facts are tested, and the defendant’s first task may no longer be to defend the claim, but to explain … Continue reading “Default judgment: when silence becomes a judgment before the facts are heard”
Written by John Barwell
Sending is communication. Service is a legal act. This Legal Lens article explains why emailing a civil claim form can fail if the rules on service, solicitor authority, email consent, nominated addresses, sealed documents and timing are not followed.
Written by John Barwell
A Legal Lens article on online civil courts, digital filing, email service, default judgment, vulnerable users and why a login problem can become a legal problem.
Written by John Barwell
A practical guide to Employment Tribunal reconsideration, why it is not a second hearing or appeal, and when fairness may require a judgment to be revisited.
Written by John Barwell
Employment Tribunal judgments are not just results. Legal Lens explains why reasons matter and what parties should check after judgment.
Written by John Barwell
Closing submissions are argument, not evidence. Legal Lens explains how to structure final hearing submissions in Employment Tribunal claims.
Written by John Barwell
A witness statement can feel like the moment to say everything. But in an Employment Tribunal, it is evidence, not argument. Used badly, it can introduce new issues too late, blur the case, create fairness problems and turn final hearing preparation into a procedural dispute.
Written by John Barwell
Disclosure is not optional document-sharing. Relevant documents may help your case, harm it, support the other side, or expose problems in the way the case is being put.