No,predictable in that he has a boring and silly pop at you,even when he actually agrees with you on the issue in question

A flaming disaster. Opens the floodgates for ambulance chasing lawyers. Do you have any idea how many Tribunals there used to be before the fee? 200,000. No other country I have worked in had even a tenth of the volume. If you have a good case you get your fee money back anyway.

Edited by Mapletree (26 Jul 2017 11.10pm)

But you don't go into a tribunal knowing that you will win. The fact that you could end up out of pocket would be enough to stop some people pursuing a claim.
I totally understand the counter argument but the disciplinary procedure is regularly abused by employers using constructive dismissal, so there has to be a fair and unbiased hearing for employees with no barriers.

You got any idea how much it costs the Courts to process 200,000 claims. And employers to defend them. Back when claims were at that level almost all were Mickey Mouse. These days there is always an angle to blackmail a perfectly innocent employer, there are multiple protected categories. For example I can be accused of discriminating against you because you are young (unlikely in your case). Almost all discrimination elements were found to be without merit. That madness had gone, looks like it is coming back. The lawyers and barking mad fight-their-own-shadow people get their days in Court again. And I say days, even daft claims take three or four.