The practical programme helps you to understand thoroughly how employment tribunals are conducted and how you can deal with employment tribunals hearings with confidence.

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• HR and personnel managers

09:00 Registration

09:30 Introduction

Tribunal practice and procedure:

• What every company needs to know
• How does the company respond to an employment tribunal
  claim
• Preparing the tribunal bundle
• Witness evidence

11:15 Coffee
11:30 Tactics employment litigation

• Avoiding employment tribunal claims
• The tribunal response form
• Who are the parties and how are they represented?
• Employment tribunal directions, and case management
  discussions
• Points to be resolved as 'preliminary issues'
• Compiling relevant documentation
• Briefing witnesses
• Is there a preliminary hearing – and how does this work?
• Settlement and the role of ACAS

How to win at tribunals and alternative dispute resolution

• Understand the background to alternative methods of resolving disputes
• Look at different ways of resolving cases
  • through tribunal
  • mediation
  • conciliation
  • arbitration

Witness preparation

• The framework
• Preparation
• Questions in evidence
• Relevant detail
• Problem areas
• Cross checking
• Language
• Cross examination

13:00 Lunch
14:00 Mock tribunal

• Including preparing statements, presenting evidence in tribunal, cross examination

15:00 Tea
15:15 Mock tribunal continued
16:30 Close

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£349 +VAT