Employment Bill [HL]

I would like to comment on deemed consent, which can be a very dangerous provision. I can recall many cases in which someone claimed that they never received a letter of any sort. In magistrates’ courts, very often the first thing that a person knows is when they get a judgment through the post, and they never heard anything before that; and it could be the same in the tribunal. In the magistrates’ courts, you have the right to have a case reopened because it was judged on a deemed consent. I hope that if there is a provision for deemed consent there will be a similar provision in this case.