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Protected Conversations and the Without Prejudice Rule

Key Points

  • A ‘protected conversations’ is a process introduced by the Business and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
  • The effect is to render evidence of certain pre-termination negotiations inadmissible in an unfair dismissal case. 
  • The ‘without prejudice rule’ only applies where statements are made in a genuine attempt to settle a dispute.
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