Section 30
Exclusion of jurisdiction of court
Where a complaint of bully is lodged by the complainant to the Tribunal, the issues in dispute in that complaint of bully, whether as shown in the initial complaint or as emerging in the course of the hearing, shall not be the subject of proceedings between the same parties in any court unless—
(a)
the proceedings before the court were commenced before the complaint of bully was lodged with the Tribunal;
(b)
the complaint of bully involves any conduct constituting a crime under the provisions of any written law; or
(c)
the complaint of bully before the Tribunal is withdrawn or struck out.
(2)
Where paragraph (1)(a) applies, the issues in dispute in the claim of bully to which those proceedings relate, whether as shown in the initial claim or emerging in the course of the hearing, shall not be the subject of proceedings between the same parties before the Tribunal unless the claim of bully before the court is withdrawn or struck out.
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