Pod's Law

Lindsey Reynolds and Julius Komorowski discuss the decision of Lord Tyre in AA v Secretary of State for BEIS (bit.ly/2tqSV18). On 1 June 2018, he ruled that Employment Tribunal claimants can raise parallel proceedings for diligence on the dependence. We address the implications for claimants, and their representatives, who fear their current or former employer will try to evade payment of any eventual award by the Tribunal. Julius Komorowski, Advocate, (tinyurl.com/JuliusKo), was junior counsel for HM Government. Lindsey Reynolds, (tinyurl.com/LindseyReynolds), Senior Solicitor at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (tinyurl.com/EHRComm), instructed counsel presenting the Commission's intervention. The relevant legislation (Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (as amended)) can be found here (bit.ly/2MRNhx0). The EHRC's briefing on this case can be found here (https://bit.ly/EHRC_AAvBEIS). The music on the podcast is by Lee Rosevere, available here (https://bit.ly/2tChHui) and is subject to a Creative Comm