Mr Craig Davidson v Skinners Sheds Ltd: 2301085/2019
JUDGMENT
ON THE RESPONDENT’S APPLICATION FOR COSTS The judgment of the Tribunal is that the Respondent’s application for costs succeeds and that the Claimant shall pay to the Respondent £7,458.00.REASONS
[1]The Respondent applied for costs in a letter dated 20 December 2019 on the basis that the Claimant failed to comply with any orders made by the Tribunal (rule 76(2) Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2013) and conducted proceedings unreasonably by failing to accept an offer of settlement on 10 Jun e 2019, failing to comply with Tribunal orders, failing g to engage with the Respondent’s solicitors or the Tribunal at all since 9 July 2019 and failing to withdraw his claim in circumstances where it became apparent that he no longer had any intention of pursuing it (rule 76(1)(a) Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2013)[2]An order was sent to the parties on 16 May 2020 ordering that submission be sent to each other by 19 June 2020 and that the parties should set out in writing and serve upon the other any response to each other’s submissions. The Respondent relied on the application already made. No submission was received from the Claimant and therefore in accordance with paragraph 8 of the Order, I considered this matter on the basis of the Respondent’s application only. I found the application to me made out and in the absence of any information of the Claimant’s means, awarded the sum set out above.