The Industrial Cases Reports
[2023] ICR 1169
Court of Appeal
Clark and others v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
[2023] EWCA Civ 386
2023 Feb 28; April 6
Bean, Asplin, Nugee LJJ
Industrial relations— Employment tribunals— Early conciliation— Multiple equal pay claims on same claim forms— All claimants named on early conciliation certificates or schedules thereto issued by Acas— Claims with early conciliation certificate number relating to claimant somewhere on claim form allowed to proceed— Claims rejected where claimant’s certificate number not included— Whether inclusion of one valid certificate number relating to named claimant sufficient—
Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c 17), s 18A
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Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1237), Sch 1, rr 10(1), 12, 13