Appeal No.	 EAT/154/98

EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL
58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS

	At the Tribunal
	On 16 March 1998

Before
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE BELL
MR L D COWAN
MR R JACKSON

MRS J SHEPHERD AND OTHERS	APPELLANTS

SEFTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL	RESPONDENTS

Transcript of Proceedings

JUDGMENT

PRELIMINARY HEARING

Revised

	APPEARANCES

For the Appellants	MR M FORD
(of Counsel)
Michele Sedgwick
Legal Officer
UNISON
1 Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9AJ	

	MR JUSTICE BELL:     We have decided that this matter should be allowed to proceed to a full appeal hearing, but we have so decided because of a point which was not at all apparent to us from the reading of the Notice of Appeal.  It is the point which is covered in paragraphs 6.3 to 6.7 particularly of Mr Ford’s skeleton argument dated 15 March 1998.

	We give leave for the Notice of Appeal to be amended to make it quite clear just what the point is which is being taken and, in any event, to remove the second ground of appeal which is no longer to be pursued.  

	There should be exchange of skeleton arguments, not less than 28 days before the appeal hearing and the matter should be listed for half a day, Category C.