Mrs M Percival v Care By Us Ltd: 3202118/2023
JUDGMENT
[1]The claimant’s claims for direct age discrimination and unauthorised deductions are dismissed under rule 47 of The Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013. This is because the claimant did not attend today’s hearing and was not represented.[2]In reaching the decision to dismiss the claims the Tribunal took into account the following:a. The claimant was told about today’s hearing at the last preliminary hearing on 15 March 2024;b. The claimant was also informed of today’s hearing by a notice, which the Tribunal sent to her on 24 March 2024;c. The claimant was told that the hearing would start at 10am;d. The Tribunal waited until 12.15pm before hearing this case;e. The Tribunal tried to contact the claimant on her mobile phone on four occasions, between 10am and 12pm, before deciding to dismiss the claims;f. The respondent’s solicitor also emailed the claimant (at approximately 11.30am) to ask her to contact the Tribunal;g. The claimant has not responded to these attempts to make contact with her and has not told the Tribunal that she could not attend today’s hearing; Case Number: 3202118/2023h. It is in accordance with the overriding objective to dismiss this case.