About the Employment Appeal Tribunal
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (often referred to as “the EAT”) was established by the Employment Protection Act 1975, as the successor to the National Industrial Relations Court (“NIRC”). It continues in existence by virtue of section 20(1) Employment Tribunals Act 1996.
Presidents of the Employment Appeal Tribunal
- 2022 to date – Dame Jennifer Eady
- 2019 to 2021 – Sir Akhlaq Choudhury
- 2016 to 2018 – Dame Ingrid Simler
- 2012 to 2015 – Sir Brian Langstaff
- 2009 to 2011 – Sir Nicholas Underhill
- 2006 to 2009 – Sir Patrick Elias
- 2002 to 2005 – Sir Michael Burton
- 1999 to 2002 – Sir John Lindsay
- 1996 to 1999 – Sir Thomas Morison
- 1993 to 1996 – Sir John Mummery
- 1988 to 1993 – Sir John Wood
- 1986 to 1988 – Sir Oliver Popplewell
- 1983 to 1985 – Sir John Waite
- 1981 to 1983 – Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson
- 1978 to 1981 – Sir Gordon Slynn
- 1976 to 1978 – Sir Raymond Phillips