If you are the claimant in an Employment Tribunal Award case, and the respondent has not paid, you can use the Employment Tribunal Fast Track scheme to send a High Court Enforcement Officer - similar to a bailiff - to demand payment from the respondent.
Fill in the EX727 Enforcement Form if you have an Employment Tribunal Award or the EX728 Enforcement Form if you have a COT3 ACAS Settlement Agreement.
Step Three
Send the following:
Completed EX727 or EX728 Form
Employment Tribunal Award or COT3 ACAS Settlement Agreement
Once we receive your documentation, we will allocate your case to a High Court Enforcement Officer.
What is a Tribunal Award?
A Tribunal Award is a monetary amount awarded as part of a tribunal decision.
Tribunal Awards will only be added to the Register when they are going to be enforced.
The Register for Tribunal Awards includes: First-Tier Tribunals, Upper Tribunals, Employment Tribunals, and Employment Appeal Tribunals.
Satisfying a Tribunal Award
If you have an award registered against you, you will need to pay the award amount (the amount appearing on the Register) in order to have the award showing as satisfied.
If the award amount is not paid, the award will remain outstanding for six years from the date of the award - we do not currently hold partial settlement information.
If the award is paid within one calendar month from the date of the award, either you or the claimant can contact the relevant court with proof of payment. Once the court notifies Registry Trust, we will remove the award from the public Register and notify the credit reference agencies to remove it from their files.
If the award is paid after one calendar month from the date of award, you can apply to have the award marked as satisfied, provided you or the claimant send in your proof of payment to the relevant court.
If you require a certificate showing that your record has been paid, you can apply to the relevant court for a 'Certificate of Satisfaction'. To do this, you will need to fill out the N443 form and follow the court's instructions.
You can only receive a 'Certificate of Satisfaction' if your debt is paid in full; we do not record partial settlement information.
Removing a Tribunal Award
Tribunal Awards can only be removed from the Register if they are set aside or cancelled by the court.
Having a Tribunal Award Set Aside
To have a Tribunal Award set aside, you will need to contact the court that issued the award.
They will ask you to fill out an N244 form explaining the reasons you believe the award should be set aside.
If the court approves your application to set aside the award, the court will notify us to remove the award from the public Register.
Alternatively, if you and the claimant both agree the award should be removed, you can fill out a consent form asking for the award to be set aside by consent.
If a court sets aside an award, it will notify us to remove the award from the Register.
You can check if an award has been removed from the Register by using the case number search on Trust Online.
Cancelling a Tribunal Award
If the award amount is paid in full within one calendar month from the date of award, the award can be removed from the public Register.
Either yourself or the claimant can contact the court providing proof of payment. However, if you are providing proof of payment and would like a 'Certificate of Cancellation or Satisfaction' you will need to fill out the N443 form and follow the court's instructions.
Once the court notifies us that an award has been cancelled, we will remove it from the Register and notify the credit reference agencies to remove the award from their files.
