# The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, Rule 37: Lead cases

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where the Tribunal considers that two or more claims give rise to common or related issues of fact or law, the Tribunal may make an order specifying one or more of those claims as a lead case and staying, or in Scotland sisting, the other claims (“the related cases”).
(2) When the Tribunal makes a decision in respect of the common or related issues it must send a copy of that decision to each party in each of the related cases and, subject to paragraph (3), that decision is binding on each of those parties.
(3) Within 28 days after the date on which the Tribunal sends a copy of the decision to a party under paragraph (2), that party may apply in writing for an order that the decision does not apply to, and is not binding on the parties to, a particular related case.
(4) If a lead case is withdrawn before the Tribunal makes a decision in respect of the common or related issues, it must make an order as to—
(a) whether another claim is to be specified as a lead case, and
(b) whether any order affecting the related cases should be set aside or varied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1155/rule/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-37
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