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Dismissal Dispute: Tribunal Preparation for Litigants in Person
How to organise the decision, process, evidence, loss documents and disputed facts when dismissal is challenged.
Updated October 2026
The useful starting point is not the volume of paperwork. It is the decision or issue, the evidence relevant to it, the chronology and the next decision-making stage.
Preparing an employment dispute
Build a dated employment chronology covering the relevant decisions, communications and events.
Identify the claims or issues and map documents and witnesses to each disputed proposition.
Keep procedural deadlines separate from internal grievance or correspondence timelines.
1. Identify exactly what is being challenged
Keep the original decision, order, report, notice or correspondence. Record its date, the decision-maker, the reasons given, every relevant deadline and the precise outcome you want.
2. Build an evidence-linked chronology
Create a dated sequence of material events and link each important event to its source document.
3. Separate evidence, allegation and inference
Mark what is proved by a contemporaneous record, what is alleged and what is an inference, opinion or disputed conclusion.
Employment and tribunal deadlines can be strict. General preparation material is not a substitute for checking the applicable limitation and procedural rules.
Questions to ask before proceeding
What is the exact decision? What deadline applies? Which facts are genuinely disputed? What documents prove the important facts? What framework governs the decision? What outcome are you asking for? What has already been tried?
Official sources to check
Rules, guidance and procedures can change. These are the primary official sources used to keep this area grounded:
Frequently asked questions
What should I send for preparation?
The invitation or tribunal notice, allegations or claim documents, relevant policies, correspondence, evidence and every deadline.
Does an internal grievance change a tribunal deadline?
Do not assume that an internal process changes a tribunal deadline. Check the applicable rules and seek case-specific advice promptly.
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