Circuit Judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal Pre-Application Seminar 2025
The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) will be launching a selection exercise in June to recruit 1 Circuit Judge for the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Circuit Judges sitting as judges of the Employment Appeal Tribunal usually sit in London, although they may on occasion be asked to sit in Cardiff or Edinburgh.
Circuit Judge has a significant role in determining appeals related to employment rights, discrimination, unfair dismissal, and other employment-related issues.
Please register at the bottom of this page.
The seminar
The Judicial Office is organising a pre-application seminar that will take place online via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 21st May 2025 5-6pm.
The seminar aims to help applicants be better prepared to make an application and to receive up-to-date guidance and advice on the JAC’s selection process. As well as the JAC, you will also hear from the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and senior Circuit Judges.
Who should attend?
Candidates are expected to have at least 30 sitting days as a judge or in a quasi-judicial capacity.
Applications are particularly welcome from under-represented groups (women, ethnic minority candidates, disabled candidates and solicitors).
Training is provided for all appointed.
For more information on the work of the Employment Appeal Tribunal please visit The work of the Employment Appeal Tribunal - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Further information
Here is a link to the JAC’s vacancy listing page.
For any queries regarding the recruitment campaign/selection exercise please contact the JAC selection exercise team CJEAT267@judicialappointments.gov.uk
Click here to sign up to alerts for this exercise.
For any queries regarding the pre-application seminar please email - JudicialHROutreachEvents@judiciary.uk
Although there will be a Q&A segment, you can also send any early questions that can be put to the panel. Please send early questions to judicialhroutreachevents@judiciary.uk and ensure that the subject title is “Question for EAT Panel”.
Please note that although the Judicial Office will be running the pre-application seminar, the actual recruitment campaign is being done and led by the Judicial Appointments Commission.
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