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Representation in UK Employment Tribunals: Analysis of the 2003 and 2008 Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications ( SETA )
Author(s) -
Urwin Peter,
Buscha Franz,
Latreille Paul L.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00914.x
Subject(s) - representation (politics) , plaintiff , tribunal , perception , demographic economics , labour economics , political science , psychology , economics , law , politics , neuroscience
The perception is that formal representation is increasingly common in UK E mployment T ribunals ( ETs ), as case volumes and complexity increase. We investigate the nature of representation in UK ETs using the 2003 and 2008 S urvey of E mployment T ribunal A pplications ( SETA ). The results suggest that between 2003 and 2008, the extent of formal claimant representation declined. The majority of employers and claimants are either heavily represented or have little/no representation, and there is little evidence that claimant representation is a response to employer representation at least at the level of individual claims. Overall, however, it would seem that some of the ‘accessible, informal and inexpensive’ characteristics envisaged by D onovan continue to apply only to cases within certain jurisdictions.