Employment Claims Act 2016 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Employment Claims
15. Claimant may abandon part of claim
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If a claim is for more than the claim limit that applies to the claimant, the claimant may give up the excess. The tribunal can then hear and decide the claim. The tribunal's order fully settles all demands in the claim. The claimant cannot recover the amount given up in a tribunal or any other court.
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Last amended by an amending law of 2018.
Where —
the total amount alleged to be payable under a claim, in respect of every specified contractual dispute (if any) and every specified statutory dispute (if any) for which the claim is lodged, exceeds the prescribed claim limit in section 12(7)(a) that is applicable to the claimant; or
the total amount alleged to be payable under a claim, in respect of every wrongful dismissal dispute (if any) for which the claim is lodged, exceeds the prescribed claim limit in section 12(7)(b) that is applicable to the claimant,the claimant may abandon the excess amount.
If the claimant abandons the excess amount —
claimant
“claimant” means a person who lodges a claim with a tribunal, and includes, for the purposes of Part 2, a person who intends to lodge a claim with a tribunal;
the requirement in section 12(7) is deemed to be satisfied in relation to the claim;
the tribunal has jurisdiction to hear and determine the claim; and
an order of the tribunal in relation to the claim fully discharges all demands in respect of the claim.
Where the claimant has abandoned the excess amount, the claimant cannot recover that amount in a tribunal or any other court.
tribunal
“tribunal” means a subordinate court called an Employment Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act 1970;