LRD guides and handbook July 2020

Law at work 2020 - the trade union guide to employment law

Chapter 14

Initial consideration

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Once the ET1 and ET3 Claim and Response Forms have been submitted, they pass through a stage known as Initial Consideration (also known as the “sift”) for checking by an employment judge. If the judge thinks either Claim or Response is unlikely to succeed, they must notify the party affected, instructing them to explain in a preliminary hearing why their claim or defence should get a full hearing instead of being struck out (that is, dismissed).