ELA's response to the Ministry of Justice Consultation on Charging Fees in Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal

29 February 2012

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Members of the ELA Working Party

Working Party Chairs:
Paul Statham, Pattinson & Brewer Solicitors
Peter Wallington QC, 11 KBW

Group 1
Option 1 - covering questions 2-5, 15 and time limits
Paul Daniels, Russell Jones & Walker (Chair)
Andrew Berk, Aston Bond LLP
Susan Dennehy, Newspaper Society
Rupert Farr, Blake-Turner & Co
Rebecca Johns, Fasken Martineau LLP
Özlem Mehmet, Fox Williams LLP
Georgina Rowley, Dechert LLP

Group 2
Option 1 - criteria for remission (questions 10-13 and 26, plus questions
31 and 32 on methods of payment and collection of fees)

Peter Wallington QC, 11 KBW (Chair)
Minal Backhouse, Backhouse Solicitors Ltd
Joanna Cowie, HR Insight Ltd
Peter De Maria, Doyle Clayton Solicitors Ltd
Jamie Hamnett, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Carrie Pearson, Withy King LLP
David Rintoul, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Nicola Walker, Taylor Wessing LLP
Barbara Zeitler, Three Dr Johnson’s Buildings

Group 3
Option 1 - fees for stages other than claiming and setting down for trial (questions 6, 8, 9, 14
and 27. This could also look at recovery of fees paid from the other party, and refunds)
John Wiggins, Mary Ward Legal Centre (Chair)
Adrienne Brown, MPM Legal LLP
Simon Cheetham, Old Square Chambers
Lydia Christie, Finers Stephens Innocent LLP
Susan Doris, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Sarah Garth, Gateley (Manchester) LLP
Eleena Misra, Littleton Chambers

Group 4
Option 2
Paul McFarlane, Weightmans LLP (Chair)
Tamsin Wallace, Eversheds LLP
Sarah Edwards, Minster Law Ltd
Michael-Jon Andrews, Barlow Robbins LLP
Andrew Workman, Temple Square
Kylie Morsley, Thomas Eggar LLP
David Scott, Minster Law Ltd

Group 5
EAT plus the more general questions 1 and 29
Claire Darwin, Matrix Chambers (Chair)
Mark Bestley, SAS Daniels LLP
Caroline Field, Fox LLP
Rachel Irwin, Leigh Day & Co
David Sorensen, Morrish Solicitors LLP

Group 6
Equality Impact Questions
Paul Statham, Pattinson & Brewer Solicitors (Chair)
Paul Callaghan, Taylor Wessing LLP
Cyril Dennemont, Harold Benjamin Solicitors
Fiona McLellan, Hempsons Solicitors
Ben Patrick, UNISON
Victoria von Wachter, 5 Essex Court