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The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024

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32 Postponements

(1) An application by a party for a postponement must be received by the Tribunal as soon as possible after the need for a postponement becomes known. (2) In the circumstances listed in paragraph (3) the Tribunal may only order a postponement where— (a) all other parties consent, and— (i) it is practicable and appropriate for the purposes of giving the parties the opportunity to resolve their disputes by agreement, or (ii) it is otherwise in accordance with the overriding objective, (b) the application was necessitated by an act or omission of another party or the Tribunal, or (c) there are exceptional circumstances. (3) The circumstances are— (a) a party makes an application for a postponement less than 7 days before the date on which the hearing begins, or (b) the Tribunal has ordered two or more postponements in the same proceedings on the application of the same party and that party makes an application for a further postponement. (4) In this rule— (a) “postponement” means a postponement of a hearing including any adjournment which causes the hearing to be held or continued at a later date; (b) “exceptional circumstances” may include ill health relating to an existing long term health condition or disability.

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32 Postponements

(1) An application by a party for a postponement must be received by the Tribunal as soon as possible after the need for a postponement becomes known. (2) In the circumstances listed in paragraph (3) the Tribunal may only order a postponement where— (a) all other parties consent, and— (i) it is practicable and appropriate for the purposes of giving the parties the opportunity to resolve their disputes by agreement, or (ii) it is otherwise in accordance with the overriding objective, (b) the application was necessitated by an act or omission of another party or the Tribunal, or (c) there are exceptional circumstances. (3) The circumstances are— (a) a party makes an application for a postponement less than 7 days before the date on which the hearing begins, or (b) the Tribunal has ordered two or more postponements in the same proceedings on the application of the same party and that party makes an application for a further postponement. (4) In this rule— (a) “postponement” means a postponement of a hearing including any adjournment which causes the hearing to be held or continued at a later date; (b) “exceptional circumstances” may include ill health relating to an existing long term health condition or disability.

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