Tribunal reform proposals

Senior president of tribunals Sir Ernest Ryder has published a plan to put into effect his strategy for modernising the tribunals system. Proposed changes to employment tribunals include judges’, panel members’ and users’ access to a digital case record; facilities for judges to manage cases online; a library of relevant templates for orders, notices, standard letters and documents; and digitally recording all hearings to provide an independent record.

The Modernisation of tribunals: innovation plan for 2019-2020 covers tribunals that are within the unified structure created under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and can be found on the courts and tribunals judiciary website.