Miss J Odibo-WIlson v Bavana Partners: 2216735/2023
JUDGMENT
The claim is struck out.REASONS
[1]By a letters dated 8 January 2024 and 8 January 2025 the Tribunal gave the claimant an opportunity to make representations or to request a hearing, as to why the claim should not be struck out because it is a claim for unfair dismissal only and the claimant was not employed for two years or more as required by section 108 Employment Rights Act 1996.[2]The claimant responded to the letter of 8 January 2024 in terms that she understood she was not entitled to bring a claim for unfair dismissal unless she was employed by the respondent for two years, but nevertheless asked that her claim was not struck out. The claimant went on to provide details of the circumstances of her dismissal. She did not however clearly identify any basis on which the requirement in section 108 did not apply to the claim. A second letter was therefore sent on 8 January 2025 asking for the claimant to clarify by 20 January 2025 whether it was contended there was a claim for automatic unfair dismissal to which the two year requirement would not apply. There was no response to that letter. The claimant has therefore failed to make any sufficient representations why the claim should not be struck out or to request a hearing. The claim is therefore struck out. Approved by: