Bringing a tribunal claim

To bring a tribunal claim, you must first submit the claim on the specified claim form (ET1) and complete all the required information on the form. If the claim is not submitted on the correct form, or if some of the required information is missing, the claim will not be admitted. It is therefore vital to make sure that the form is correctly filled in.

The claim form can be obtained from Jobcentres, most advice agencies and benefit offices, or can be downloaded, together with guidance, from the Employment page of the Ministry of Justice at: www.justice.gov.uk/forms/hmcts/employment

You should specify on the form all the claims you wish to bring. For example, if you think that you were unfairly dismissed and that your dismissal was discriminatory on grounds of your sex, you should state that you are claiming both unfair dismissal and sex discrimination as these are separate claims.

The form must be sent to the correct employment tribunal office, which is determined by the postcode of your normal workplace and can be found on the Employment page of the Ministry of Justice website or by phoning its enquiry line on: 0845 795 9775 (minicom 0845 757 3722). Alternatively, you can submit the form online.