Tribunals must give adequate reasons for decisions

The Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed an appeal by the claimant against a decision by an employment tribunal to strike out her claim for unfair constructive dismissal. It ruled that the practice and guidance set out in English v Emery Reimbold and Strick Ltd (Practice Note) ([2002] 1 WLR 2409), concerning the requirement of judges to give adequate reasons for their decisions, and the procedures to be adopted on an appeal brought on the ground of a failure to give such reasons, applied not only to the courts but to any tribunal which exercised similar powers.