What is my legal deadline and what does it mean?
County and sheriff court deadlines are six months less one day from the date of the incident you are complaining about. The Tribunal deadline for employment cases is normally three months less one day from the date of the incident you are complaining about. However, since the Dispute Resolution Regulations came into force, the three month time limit for employment cases will automatically be extended by three months (to six months) where the Dispute Resolution Regulations apply, in order to allow the parties to resolve the dispute, for example, where grievance procedures have been commenced but not completed. Exceptionally, and only in very limited circumstances, the court or tribunal will consider a late application when they believe it is ‘just and equitable’ to do so. Where a complaint is brought under the goods, facilities & services or education provision or under EC regulation 1107/ 2006 and where both parties agree to take part in mediation, a three-month extension is added to t
