I believe I gave one advice ie the one given to me by ACAS Which is; if you have a conciliation certificate number then put in your claim. For the other scenario, I advised the OP to seek proper advice. Which one do you question? I'm not a legal rep anyway and didn't claim to be one.

Hello Honey Bee, I'm not trying to undermine the expertise of those on the Forum. I just believe that the Govt might have given information(or guidelines) to the Citizens Advice Bureau and ACAS that is not available to the general public. I received info from ACAS that is not available elsewhere.

If you contacted ACAS at that time then yes you can still go Tribunal. Section 111 (2)b of the Employment Rights Act 1996 allows the excuse of Reasonable Practicable. I contacted ACAS then and have now contacted them again and they advised me to put in my claim NOW. So if you contacted ACAS then and have a conciliation certificate number, I believe you can still put in your claim. Contact ACAS and explain to them Also, contact the Employment Tribunal Office and see. They usually don't give legal advice though. If you didn't contact ACAS then and have no conciliation certificate, I would suggest you speak to ACAS and the Employment Tribunal Office and see. Also, speak to the Citizens Advice Bureau, they usually give good advice.