Limitation in the employment tribunal, and the two routes by which time may be extended. Palmer v Southend-on-Sea Borough Council; Robertson v Bexley Community Centre.
Time limits; reasonable practicability; mistaken belief as to EDT. The ET was entitled to extend time where the claimant's vulnerabilities (including dyslexia) made it reasonable to hand the claim to his brother, whose genuine and reasonable mistake as to the date of dismissal flowed from the employer's unclear dismissal letter; the claim was then presented within a reasonable further period. The EAT (HHJ Eady QC) dismissed the employer's appeal and the Court of Appeal (Underhill LJ) upheld that decision: what matters is the reasonableness of the claimant's (or his adviser's) state of mind about the EDT, assessed against the clarity of the employer's communications.