Appeal No.	EAT/0841/01

EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL
58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS

	At the Tribunal
	On 22 November 2001

Before
HIS HONOUR JUDGE D PUGSLEY
MRS D M PALMER
MR P M SMITH

MR M I WHITELY	APPELLANT

MARTON ELECTRICAL LTD	RESPONDENT

Transcript of Proceedings

JUDGMENT

PRELIMINARY HEARING

Revised

	APPEARANCES

For the Appellant	MR BRUCE CARR
(Of Counsel)
Messrs Rowley Ashworth Solicitors
247 The Broadway
Wimbledon
London 
SW19 1SE

JUDGE D PUGSLEY
1.	In this case, we have had the benefit of Mr Carr giving a skeleton argument which, if we may say so, could serve as a template for the way in which skeleton arguments should be drafted. We are at times driven to distraction by skeleton arguments which are of too wide an ambit and often concerned to reargue the factual basis which a Tribunal did not accept at first instance. 

2.	This case raises real issues as to the issue of apprenticeship. This is often a very significant factor in industrial life. It is still important but due to the dramatic contraction in the number of apprenticeships offering different skills is one which perhaps is not met that often in the context of employment law. 

3.	We consider that the grounds set out by Mr Carr are such that they clearly give rise to arguable grounds of appeal which are formulated. Mr Carr who drafted the grounds of appeal does not seek leave to amend. We give the normal directions as to the skeleton arguments. There is no need for Chairman’s Notes.