Prepare an unfair dismissal claim for the Employment Tribunal after ACAS early…
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Draft the claim narrative and a chronology from the client's documents and the dismissal letter, and build a deadline table for the lawyer to confirm.
- What the lawyer must review
- Confirm the claimant gave ACAS the prescribed information before presenting the claim (Employment Tribunals Act 1996 s 18A(1)). Check the time limit: Employment Rights Act 1996 s 111(2) now reads six months from the effective date of termination, substituted from 1 October 2026 by the Employment Rights Act 2025. Check the transitional provisions (S.I. 2026/954 reg 4) for earlier dismissals, and the conciliation extension (s 207B).
Rules that apply
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording and summarising source material. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Calculate operative dates independently from the current rule and actual triggering event. Check exceptions and record the verified deadline.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfair dismissal application (Fair Work Commission Form F2): eligibility, the 21-day limit and completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the Commission's Form F2 and eligibility questions, with a guide to the 21-day limit, who can apply, the minimum employment period, extensions in exceptional circumstances, and the GenAI rules that apply from 20 October 2026. |
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