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If the case is resolved after the payment of the issue fee and before payment of the hearing fee becomes due, the issue fee is non-refundable. If the case is resolved after payment of the hearing fee, the issue fee and the hearing fee is non-refundable.

While the applicant is required to obtain his certificate from ACAS before he is allowed to proceed, the employer is under no such duty. The delinquent employer may safely sit back and do nothing, pray in aid of the cap of 12 months pay for the minimum-waged unfair dismissal claimant, have the award reduced under Polkey, laugh while the award is further reduced as the DWP recoup the benefits paid to the applicant in the 12 months or so awaiting a hearing and then watch the applicant struggle to find his legal fees. No worries about 25% uplift on damages being awarded against the employer for unconscionable conduct. Only three awards made so far and only two actually paid.

In relation to unfair dismissal at least, Adrian Beecroft's recommendations have been put into effect by making access impossible and the remedies worthless.

Well done the Court of Appeal, you are just the sort of judges the government needs..!