Mr I Bell v Decidebloom Ltd T/a Stoneacre: 2603611/2020
JUDGMENT
The claim is struck out.REASONS
[1]By a letter dated 2 March 2021 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 has not been actively pursued.[2]The claimant has failed to make sufficient representations in writing why this should not be done or to request a hearing. In his email of 2 March 2021 (which he did not copy to the respondent’s representatives, in breach of the Rules of Procedure) he wrote: “I’ve genuinely lost heart with this process, I’m …. unable to grasp the legal language asked of me”. He has said similar things in previous emails and has been asked whether he is withdrawing his claim, but has not given a clear reply. What he has not done is explain, in any meaningful way, why he has made no attempt at all to comply with any of the case management orders Employment Judge Victoria Butler made at the preliminary hearing on 15 December 2020, which were, I am sure, explained to him at the time. The claim is therefore struck out.[3]The hearings fixed for 26 March 2021, 20 May 2021 & 7 to 9 February 2022 will not take place.