Guidance notes for officers appealing
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Preparing your main statement
The main statement of case should briefly set out the background of the
events leading up to dismissal and give reasons why you feel that the
department/agency were unfair to dismiss you. The statement should be
paginated and annotated with the letter A i.e. A1, A2, etc. Remember that
you can be helped at any time by a representative of your trade union, a
friend, a colleague, or a solicitor, but do not leave this to the last
minute - get your representative involved at the very start of the appeal
procedure.
When your full statement is ready you should send it to the Secretariat as
quickly as you can. It must not arrive later than the given
deadline. Getting your statement in on time is very important.
Failure to do so may result in your appeal being struck out and the Board
will take no further action with your appeal.
You do not have to prepare a main statement if you feel that you have said
what you wanted to say in your first letter to the CSAB. If you have nothing to add to
your first letter, you should indicate this on the CSAB97.5 form. It is
important that you keep a copy of your statement.
When your statement is received a date for the hearing will be scheduled so
it is essential that you notify the Secretariat of any dates when you are
unavailable within a given four week period. Any such dates must be
forwarded with your statement to avoid any problems occurring when hearing
dates are booked as it is difficult to re-arrange hearings and once booked
hearings are only postponed in very exceptional circumstances.
