{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1155",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024",
  "path": "rule/12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Rejection: claim form not used or failure to supply minimum information",
  "text": "(1) The Tribunal must reject a claim if—\n(a) it is not made on a claim form;\n(b) it does not contain the following information—\n(i) each claimant’s name;\n(ii) each claimant’s address;\n(iii) each respondent’s name;\n(iv) each respondent’s address;\n(c) it does not contain one of the following—\n(i) an early conciliation number;\n(ii) confirmation that the claim does not institute any relevant proceedings;\n(iii) confirmation that an early conciliation exemption applies.\n(2) If it rejects the claim under paragraph (1), the Tribunal must send a copy of the claim to each claimant with a notice of rejection explaining why it has been rejected. The notice must contain information about how a claimant may apply for a reconsideration of the rejection.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 12 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1155/rule/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:24:28.531903+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}