# The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, Rule 4: Alternative dispute resolution

Extent: E+W+S

The Tribunal must, wherever practicable and appropriate, seek to encourage the use by the parties of the services of ACAS, judicial or other mediation, or other means of resolving their disputes by agreement (and see rules 52(1)(e) and 53 for the Tribunal’s power to direct a preliminary hearing for those purposes)..

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1155/rule/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-4
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