What is the deadline for eat notice of appeal?
An EAT notice of appeal normally must arrive by 4pm within 42 days of the applicable judgment, reasons, order or other decision trigger. The trigger differs between those routes.
Read the rule checklist
This page explains the cited rule. It does not generate an automated date. Check the trigger, service facts, time-counting treatment and any order before you use the period in your diary.
- Start point
- The route-specific sent or dated judgment, reasons, order, direction or decision
- Stated period
- 42 days
Worked source check
- Example input
- 03/08/2026
- Expected result
- No automated date. Identify the route-specific trigger and the 4pm receipt requirement first.
The case includes a judgment and reasons, but the applicable EAT trigger and office-closure position are not yet confirmed.
The guide explains the 42-day rule without treating a generic calendar calculation as an EAT filing deadline.
What this source guide covers
- Period
- 42 days
- Trigger
- The route-specific sent or dated judgment, reasons, order, direction or decision
- Direction
- Forward from the applicable trigger
- Counting method
- The trigger day is excluded and intervening calendar days count.
A closed EAT office can affect the final day, and an arrival after 4pm is treated as the next working day. The current generic model does not yet encode the EAT office calendar.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Practice Direction 2024. Employment Appeal Tribunal Practice Direction 2024, paragraphs 3.3 to 3.5. EAT Practice Direction 2024 checked 07/08/2026
Exceptions and matter facts
- Use the written-record trigger where full reasons were not requested or provided in the required route.
- Reconsideration or remedy proceedings do not stop time. Extensions are exceptional and must not be assumed.
Deadline Engine is calculation software, not legal advice. Check the current rule, any order and the facts before adding a date to your diary.