Ms J Advani v Government Legal Department - Employment Group and others: 2201125/2021
REASONS
On 20/1/22 the Claimant failed to attend a case management hearing. The tribunal ordered her by 3/2/2022 to notify in writing each Respondent and the Tribunal(i) whether or not she is intending to pursue these claims against all/any of the Respondents and(ii) if so, which particular claims are pursued against each particular Respondent, and(iii) the specific basis for doing so. She has failed to comply with the Order and the claim has not been actively pursued. On 10/2/22 the First Respondent applied for a strike out, and on 15/2/22 the other Respondents each applied for strike out, all such application being copied to the Claimant. The Claimant has thus been given a reasonable opportunity to make representations but has failed to do so. The claims are struck out under Rule 37 1 (c) (non compliance with an order) and (d) (claim not actively pursued). J S Burns JUDGMENT The Claimant’s request for full written reasons for the judgment dated 18/2/22 is refused. REASONS[1]On 1/4/22 an email dated 29/3/22 from Ms S Cawtherley, which she has written as the Claimant’s friend, was forwarded to me. The email refers to two previous emails sent by her to the Tribunal, (the first on 23/2/22 and the second on some unspecified date) and it attached two documents. The first attached document is an undated letter (which I will assume for present purposes was attached to an email sent to the Tribunal on 23/2/22) which requests written reasons for the judgment dated 18/2/22. The second attached document is one which Ms Cawtherley has specifically stated should not be shared with the Respondents so I am limited in the extent that I can refer to it, - although I have considered it.[2]I refuse to provide (further) full written reasons for the judgment dated 18/2/22 because I have already provided in the judgment itself such written reasons for it as I am willing to provide.[3]No request for reconsideration of the judgment dated 18/2/22 has been made, but for the avoidance of doubt if such a request had been made, I would have refused it because nothing in Ms Cawtherley’s correspondence provides any reasonable excuse for the Claimant and or her friend having failed for an extended period to communicate with the Tribunal, attend hearings and comply with the Order I made on 20/1/22. J S Burns