Reconsideration
Plain-English definitions for England and Wales. General information, not legal advice. Laws and figures change - always check the current position on GOV.UK.
Reconsideration A request asking the tribunal to look again at a judgment where it is necessary in the interests of justice - for example because of a procedural mishap or new evidence that could not reasonably have been available before. It is not a general appeal; a point of law goes to the Employment Appeal Tribunal instead.
Also known as: reconsideration of judgment
Related terms
- Employment tribunal
- An independent judicial body in England and Wales that decides disputes between employees or workers and employers - such as unfair dismissal, discrimination and unpaid wages. Hearings are less formal than the civil courts and each side usually pays its own costs.
- Remedy hearing
- A hearing - sometimes combined with the main hearing, sometimes separate - held after a claim succeeds to decide what the employer must pay or do, for example compensation or, more rarely, reinstatement.
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