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Make an employment tribunal bundle

One PDF with a linked index, page numbers running from front to back, a Tab label on each document and bookmarks. Upload your documents together. What your tribunal accepts is for you, your representative or the tribunal to confirm.

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Leave at 1. The England and Wales tribunal guidance says the first page must be page 1 and the numbers must match the PDF's own page numbers.
The England and Wales tribunal guidance asks for A4 pages, so this starts on A4.

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How it works.

Read your case management orders before you build anything, because they say who prepares the bundle, and in England and Wales that is often the respondent rather than you. For England and Wales, the Presidential Guidance on electronic documents that took effect on 4 June 2026 sets out what the tribunal wants a PDF hearing file to look like. This does four of those things: the linked index at the front, page numbers from 1 that match the PDF, bookmarks, and A4 pages. It does not run OCR, turn sideways scans the right way up or reduce the resolution of photos, all of which that guidance also asks for. Employment tribunals in Scotland issue their own directions. Getting the numbering right by hand in Word is where people lose an evening.

Step 1

Select your documents

Select all your PDFs and photos together. Every page goes onto A4, landscape pages stay landscape, and anything bigger than A4 is shrunk to fit, never stretched. Set Paper size to As uploaded if you would rather keep each PDF page at its own size.

Step 2

Name it and check the index

Give it a title and a reference if it has one. The preview shows the index with the page each document starts on, so you can check the running order before paying. It shows the index, not the pages themselves.

Step 3

Download the finished bundle

One PDF: cover, index, every page numbered continuously at the bottom centre, a small label box in the top right corner of each document page, and bookmarks down the side. The number and label are drawn on top of the page, so anything printed in those two spots can be hidden.

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What goes in a court bundle, and in what order

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Questions, answered.

Is this what the tribunal asks for?
Partly, and it is worth knowing which part. For England and Wales, the Presidential Guidance of 4 June 2026 asks for an index at the front linked to the pages (or a separate index PDF), numbering from page 1 that matches the PDF, bookmarks on significant documents, OCR on every page, A4 pages the right way up, and no more than 300 dpi. This covers the index, the numbering, the bookmarks and A4 pages. Those rules apply where the tribunal has ordered electronic documents and at least one party has a representative, and unrepresented parties are encouraged to follow them. Your own case management orders come first.
Who is supposed to prepare the bundle?
Whoever your case management orders say. The England and Wales Presidential Guidance on General Case Management (2018) says the parties agree the documents and then one party prepares the bundle, often the respondent because it is more likely to have the resources. If the respondent is doing it, you may not need to build one. If it is you, agree the contents and order first, then build it once.
Documents are called tabs here rather than exhibits.
Yes, each document is labelled Tab 1, Tab 2 and so on. It is only a label, not a term the guidance requires. The June 2026 England and Wales guidance calls the whole thing the hearing file, and notes that many people call it the bundle.
Is the index clickable?
Yes. Every row in the index is a link to the first page of the document it names, which is what the June 2026 England and Wales guidance asks for when the index is at the front. Each document also gets a bookmark named from its file name. That guidance says to bookmark significant documents rather than every one, and this bookmarks all of them.
My documents are scanned. Is that a problem?
They go in as they are, but this does not run OCR, so scans are not searchable. The June 2026 England and Wales guidance asks for OCR on every page of the hearing file, so run OCR on your documents before uploading if it applies to your case.
How do I send it to the tribunal?
Follow your tribunal's instructions. The England and Wales guidance says cases on the tribunal's digital portal upload documents there. Otherwise one email of up to 20 MB, with the case number, a short case name and the hearing date in the subject line. This does not shrink files, so a bundle full of phone photos can go over that.
What if a document has to be added after I have sent it?
The England and Wales guidance says add it to the end of the hearing file using the same numbering, and ask the tribunal for directions if the hearing has already started. Building again with the same files in the same order and the new one last does that, so check in the preview that the earlier page numbers have not moved. A bigger bundle can move into a higher price band.
How do I control the order of the documents?
Select every file together in one go, because picking a single file starts a fresh preview with only that file. Documents go in the order your browser hands them over, and browsers differ, so check the running order in the preview before you pay. Numbering the file names, like 01 Contract and 02 Dismissal letter, makes it easy to check. The index names each document from its file name, number included.
Will you tell me what to put in it?
No, and that is deliberate. Putting your documents in order and giving them an index is a formatting job. Telling you what evidence to include, what it proves or what your tribunal will accept is legal advice, and we are not lawyers. This assembles what you give it and nothing more.
What happens to my file?
It is deleted within 7 days, along with the finished PDF. It is used to make your file and nothing else. Nobody reads it.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no signup, no subscription and no password. You upload, you see the result, you pay once if you want it.

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