Mr B Armstrong v The Guinness Partnership: 2400150/2020
JUDGMENT
[1]The claimant’s claim for unfair dismissal is struck out as the tribunal does not have jurisdiction to consider the complaint under section 111 of the Employment Rights Act 1996;[2]The claimant’s claim for discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation is dismissed on withdrawal by the claimant;[3]The claimant’s claims for discrimination on the grounds of sex and/or age (as they were confirmed at the preliminary hearing) are able to proceed as the claims were entered in such period as the tribunal thought just and equitable in accordance with section 123 of the Equality Act 2010;[4]The “Code V” in the heading indicated that this is was a remote preliminary hearing which had not been objected to by the parties. The form of remote hearing was fully by video (all remote), conducted by CVP (to which the public had access). It was not practicable for the hearing to be conducted in person because of the Covid-19 Pandemic and it was practicable for all issues to be determined in a remote hearing.