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Ms J Bowley applied for reconsideration of an Employment Judge's decision refusing her application for interim relief. The application was considered under Rule 68 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024. The tribunal examined the claimant's arguments regarding an alleged factual error but the document is incomplete and does not contain the full judgment outcome.

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• •Application for reconsideration of interim relief judgment
• •Whether tribunal's refusal of interim relief should be reconsidered
• •Principles governing reconsideration applications under Rule 68

1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Ms J Bowley Respondent: Althaus Digital Heard at: Nottingham On: 7 January 2026 Before: Employment Judge L Brown Representation Claimant: In person Respondent: Mr Mc Phail, Counsel RECONSIDERATION JUDGMENT 1. Applications for a reconsideration of a Tribunal judgment are an exception to the principle that a decision of the Employment Tribunal is final, save for appeals on a point of law. The test when dealing with an application for a reconsideration is contained within Rule 68 of The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 (“Procedure Rules”) which provides: 68. Principles (1) The Tribunal may, either on its own initiative (which may reflect a request from the Employment Appeal Tribunal) or on the application of a party, reconsider any judgment where it is necessary in the interests of justice to do so. (2) A judgment under reconsideration may be confirmed, varied or revoked. 2 (3) If the judgment under reconsideration is revoked the Tribunal may take the decision again. In doing so, the Tribunal is not required to come to the same conclusion. 3. In Outasight VB Ltd. v Brown UK EAT/0253/14, the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered the Tribunals’ powers under what was then Rule 70 of the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2013. At paragraphs 27 – 38 of her Judgment Her Honour Judge Eady QC, as she then was, set out the legal principles which govern reconsideration applications, and observed as follows: - “The interests of justice have thus long allowed for broad discretion, albeit one that must be exercised judicially, which means having regard not only to the interests of the party seeking the review or reconsideration, but also to the interests of the other party to the litigation and to the public interest requirement that there should, …