Rule 24 Making an employer’s contract claimI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

A respondent who wishes to make an employer’s contract claim must do so by including it as part of the response to a claim which includes an employee’s contract claim, and the Tribunal must receive the response by the time specified in rule 17(1) (response), or by any extension of time granted under rule 21 (applications for extension of time for presenting response).

(2)

The Tribunal may reject the whole or part of any employer’s contract claim on the ground that—

(a)

it has no jurisdiction, or

F1(b)

it does not contain any grounds on which the respondent relies, cannot sensibly be responded to or is an abuse of process.

(3)

Where the Tribunal rejects an employer’s contract claim, rule 14 (reconsideration of rejection of claim) applies except that—

(a)

references to a claimant or a claim must be read as a reference to a respondent or to an employer’s contract claim respectively,

(b)

reference to rule 12 is to be read as a reference to rule 24, and

(c)

reference to rule 13 is to be ignored.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Rule 24(2)(b) substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(6)

Commencement

I1: Rule 24 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)