When is the deadline for cross-appeal must be included in the respondent's answer?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from Same date appointed for the respondent's answer. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- Same date appointed for the respondent's answer
- Counting
- The encoded calculator method must be independently documented before publication.
- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
This route remains in preparation until a pinpoint official source is recorded.
- As for the answer: the date is appointed by the EAT and is variable. But a cross-appeal filed outside the answer, or omitted from it, needs permission to amend.
- Important practical distinction drawn at PD 9.1.6: "A cross-appeal may be appropriate if you seek to challenge a determination that went against you in the judgment of the Employment Tribunal. If you wish to rely on alternative grounds for upholding a determination that was in your favour, you can do so in your Respondent's Answer without cross-appealing." PD 9.1.12 confirms a