Research question
Which ACAS process passages are relevant to a grievance investigation and appeal chronology?
Synthetic scenario for demonstration: grievance investigation and appeal process guidance reviewed beside selected ET decisions.
ACAS process
Sample Lens brief: ACAS disciplinary and grievance process
Structured Lens brief showing how ACAS passages can sit beside selected tribunal decisions without becoming fact-pattern comparables.
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Issue frame
Compare the research issues
See what each source supports and what needs checking.
- What the sources support
- The sample keeps ACAS guidance and ET reasoning side by side but labelled differently.
- Practical use
- Helps explain the role each source family plays in a memo.
- Check before use
- Do not cite ACAS material as if it were a tribunal finding.
- What the sources support
- The guidance source frames process expectations; the ET decision shows how similar facts were reasoned about.
- Practical use
- Supports a structured appeal-process review.
- Check before use
- Confirm whether the appeal facts and the guidance passage line up.
- What the sources support
- Only selected Lens findings are promoted into memo context and visibly labelled.
- Practical use
- Prevents a memo from becoming a loose bundle of guidance snippets.
- Check before use
- Promote only passages that actually support the drafted point.
Source trail
Each source has a role, reason and check
The sample shows the level of source visibility needed before relying on generated prose.
L1ACAS Lens
Code passage on disciplinary or grievance handling
Process guidance context
Used to anchor the process question before comparing tribunal decisions.
Check before use
Check the current ACAS source and keep the passage separate from ET comparables.
L2ACAS Lens
Guidance passage on investigation and appeal steps
Implementation context
Used to support a practical checklist for investigation, hearing, and appeal sequence.
Check before use
Confirm whether the guidance passage applies to the process being reviewed.
S1ET decision
Selected decision used for factual comparison
Fact-pattern comparable
Used to compare how a tribunal reasoned about a similar workplace process.
Check before use
Read the tribunal reasoning before mapping the guidance point to the factual comparison.
Memo extract
Sample memo extract
The sample Lens brief would identify ACAS process guidance and then test whether selected tribunal decisions show similar or distinguishable facts. The source-family labels remain visible throughout the extract.
A memo promotes only the passages needed for the specific research question and explains whether a cited point comes from guidance context or tribunal reasoning.
Review checks
Checks before use
01
Keep source families separate
Use Lens labels for guidance and `S` labels for ET decisions.
02
Check source date and context
Procedure and workplace guidance can change and must be checked before use.
03
Use Lens promotion deliberately
Promote only selected passages into memo context.
Important limits
This sample shows structure, not advice
It does not advise on a real matter, predict an outcome, estimate an award, or replace source checking and professional judgement.
Illustrative source labels
The public labels demonstrate source-family separation and are not live citations to ACAS or tribunal sources.
Guidance is not a tribunal finding
Check ACAS material as workplace-practice context and keep it separate from fact-pattern comparables.
Current source text must be checked
A real report verifies the latest ACAS wording, source date and relevance to the process being reviewed.
Professional judgement required
Use the sample as workflow proof only, not as legal advice or process certification.
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