Mr C Iqbal v AKD Facilities Management Ltd: 2200311/2022
JUDGMENT
[1]The claim is dismissed due to non-attendance of the Claimant under Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 (as amended).REASONS
[1]The Claimant did not attend the final hearing listed for 1 March 2023. I am satisfied that the claimant was aware of the hearing. There was correspondence in the file from 23 February 2023 in which the claimant mentions the hearing listed for 1 March 2023 and confirmed that he would be attending.[2]The Tribunal staff made the following attempts to contact the claimant about his non-attendance. Two phone calls were made and voicemail messages were left. The claimant was sent an email with a direct link to join the hearing. And the tribunal’s inbox was checked to see if he had tried to contact the tribunal about his non-attendance, which he had not. The hearing was delayed by 15 minutes to allow the claimant time to join, which he did not. 1 of 2 Case Number: 2200311/2022[3]There have been two prior case management hearings in this case which the claimant attended by CVP so I am satisfied that he was aware of how to join a CVP hearing.[4]Taking into account that it is for the claimant to establish his claim, and bearing in mind the overriding objective, I exercised the power in rule 47 to dismiss the claim. EJ Leonard-Johnston 01 March 2023 21/03/2023 Notes Reasons for the judgment having been given orally at the hearing, written reasons will not be provided unless a request was made by either party at the hearing or a written request is presented by either party within 14 days of the sending of this written record of the decision.