Industrial Tribunals (Hansard, 7 February 1996)

HC Deb 07 February 1996 vol 271 c228W 228W

§ Sir Dudley Smith
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what remedy an employer has when he believes that an industrial tribunal has failed to take all relevant information into account in arriving at a decision which is unfavourable to him. [13574]

Mr. John M. Taylor
Where a party is dissatisfied with the industrial tribunal's decision, he may either ask the tribunal to review its decision or appeal, on a point of law only, to the employment appeal tribunal. Further appeals lie with the Court of Appeal and ultimately the House of Lords. The industrial tribunals and the EAT are independent judicial bodies and the Government cannot comment on, or intervene in, the conduct of proceedings in individual cases.