Mr J Sutcliffe v The River Learning Trust and others: 3303656/2018
JUDGMENT
[1]Made under rule 52 of Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 The claim for Protected Disclosure Detriment is dismissed upon withdrawal by the Claimant. JUDGMENT[2]The proceedings are dismissed following a withdrawal of the claim by the claimant.REASONS
[1]This is a case in which an order under rule 50 applies.[2]On 10 December 2019 I was notified by the claimant that he was withdrawing his claim. That notification expressed his understanding that in consequence of the withdrawal the claim should be dismissed.[3]This withdrawal was referred to me on 5 January 2020. On 8 January 2020 I gave directions for the parties to consider the appropriate form of judgment given the terms of the rule 50 order, requiring a response within fourteen days. This was sent to the parties on 26 January 2020. The claimant replied saying that there should be no judgment at all in this case, or that if there was to be a judgment it should be anonymised. There was no reply from the respondents. I asked tribunal staff to notify the respondents that a reply must be sent by 16 March 2020, but no reply was received from them, and on 16 May 2020 the matter was referred again to me.[4]Under rule 52 a judgment dismissing a claim on withdrawal must be issued unless at the time of the withdrawal the claimant expressed a wish to reserve the right to bring a further claim. He did not do that, so this judgment dismissing the claim on withdrawal must be issued. At the time of issuing the judgment the rule 50 order remains in force so I have prepared this judgment in an anonymised form.