An elective course within the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice. It will equip students with practical skills to assist them in practising employment law.

10 x 1 hour lectures

11 x 2 hour tutorials

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Assessment

1. Tutorial. preparation, performance and participation 40%

2. Advocacy 30%

3. Drafting a response to an Employment Tribunal Claim 30%

Reassessment is not available for Assessment 1.

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

The course aims are:

1. To provide students with an understanding of employment law in practice;

2. To develop advanced analytical problem solving skills through a detailed examination of the remedies available in Employment Tribunals;

3. To enable students to draft and analyse requisite forms and related documents for Employment Tribunals;

4. To develop the advanced oral advocacy skills necessary to appear at Employment Tribunals; and

5. To develop the organisational skills required to prepare for, and the advocacy skills required to conduct, an evidential Tribunal hearing.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Draft appropriate Employment Tribunal forms and know the purpose of different remedies available in the Employment Tribunal;

2. Prepare written legal arguments on employment law issues;;

3. Use the oral advocacy skills required to prepare for and conduct an evidential hearing, to examine witnesses, to negotiate a settlement, and to make oral submissions to a Tribunal;

4. Demonstrate a detailed and practical understanding of the process and mechanics of Employment Tribunals.