Unite the Union v Wheatons Exeter Ltd (in Administration) and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: 2405351/2017
REASONS
[1]The individually-named Claimants, if not members of Unite the Union, have no right to bring such a claim, given that it was Unite who brought the proceedings. Case Number: 2405351/2017 Rule 70 – Reconsideration Judgment[2]If, in fact, they are members of that Union, for the bargaining unit for which the Union brought the claim, they cannot separately bring a claim, but will be covered by Unite’s claim and judgment. _____________________________ Employment Judge O’Rourke Date: 18 January 2019 Case Number: 2405351/2017 Rule 70 – Reconsideration Judgment EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Unite the Union and others Respondents: Wheatons Exeter Limited (in Administration)(1) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy(2) Heard at: Bristol On: 17 January 2019 Before: Employment Judge O’Rourke RE-CONSIDERATION JUDGMENT On its own initiative, subject to Rule 70 of the Employment Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure, the Tribunal amends its Judgment of 16 April 2018, as it is in the interests of justice to do so, to remove the other named individual Claimants from the proceedings and the Judgment, leaving Unite the Union as the sole Claimant (as per the attached amended Judgment).[1]The individually-named Claimants, if not members of Unite the Union, have no right to bring such a claim, given that it was Unite who brought the proceedings. Case Number: 2405351/2017 Rule 70 – Reconsideration Judgment[2]If, in fact, they are members of that Union, for the bargaining unit for which the Union brought the claim, they cannot separately bring a claim, but will be covered by Unite’s claim and judgment.