QUESTIONS LETTER TEMPLATE (pre-claim, Equality Act)
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[Your name] · [Date]

To: [HR / decision-maker's manager]

RE: QUESTIONS CONCERNING [decision/treatment] OF [date]

1. I am considering a claim under the Equality Act 2010 concerning
   [one line]. Before deciding, I ask the following questions. I note
   that a tribunal may draw such inferences as it considers just from a
   failure to answer, or from evasive answers, within a reasonable
   period (I suggest 28 days).

2. QUESTIONS
   Q1. Who made the decision to [dismiss/select/not promote] me, and on
       what date?
   Q2. What criteria were applied, and where are they recorded?
   Q3. What documents record or explain the decision? Please identify
       them by date and author.
   Q4. How many employees in [comparable role/group] were [treated in
       the comparator way] in the period [dates]?
   Q5. What consideration was given to [the protected characteristic /
       reasonable adjustments / the policy] before the decision?
   Q6. Do you agree that [key factual proposition]? If not, which part
       is disputed and on what evidence?

3. Please answer in writing by [date, 28 days hence].

Yours faithfully,
[Your name]

Note: send before filing the ET1; the answers (or silence) both help.
Do not let this letter delay ACAS early conciliation.

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