Respondent’s representative conducting video hearing from outside the jurisdiction

[unclebulgaria67]

You as a member of the public are not expected to be researching the procedures that Courts have to follow.  It is for the Courts to ensure that they follow the legal procedures that apply to the Tribunal.

 

I would suggest that you issue a formal objection to the Courts Tribunal raising the issues that you have mentioned and to send a copy of the objection to the respondent.

 

As far as I know, UK Courts allow people from abroad to take part in proceedings, providing they sign up to complying with UK law/jurisdiction.  If they break the law, then you can take action in UK Courts.

 

If you do a Google search you will find information on this.  Below should help you narrow your search, but I think you should be cautious in trying to interpret the law and instead should object, asking for the Court to clarify the law that applies, plus what protections they will apply to ensure you are not disadvantaged.

 

 jurisdiction by Schedule 1, Rule 32 of the Employment Tribunal (Constitution And Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013.

[unclebulgaria67]

You need to clarify this with Courts tribunal, as debating it online, will just be a debate. Procedures are sometimes complicated and by raising the issues with the Court, should enable them to check that they are following the correct process.   The Courts staff may not even know the answers to the questions you are raising and they will have to find out. 

 

Data is regularly processed outside of the UK on UK citizens.  Anyone working for a foreign owned company will have their HR information held abroad.  The fact that the respondent is taking part in the tribunal may be detrimental to their case, if they do not understand UK law and how we operate.

[unclebulgaria67]

The other issue you need to be self aware of is how you are coming across to other people. If the employment tribunal case has anything to do with how you conduct yourself,  such as relationships with colleagues, if you come across as being unreasonable in your dealings with the Court, then the Judge might take this into account.

 

As Honeybee suggests, consult a Solicitors that specialises in employment law, if the Court is not going to respond to you.  They may just deal with your concerns at the beggining of the tribunal hearing, so both sides are given the information at the same time and can raise any further concerns.