Miss T Daveigas v Fortrade: 3307504/2023
JUDGMENT
The judgment of the Tribunal is that: The claimant’s claim is dismissed on her non-attendance.REASONS
[1]The claimant has not attended this hearing.[2]Mindful of rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2013, we have considered whether we should dismiss the claim or proceed in the absence of the claimant. We have also considered if we should adjourn the Hearing.[3]The hearing was listed to start at 10.00am. 1 of 2 Case Number: 3307504/2023[4]After 10.00am, the Tribunal called the contact number for the claimant and also emailed her and received no reply. The claimant had not joined the hearing by 10.30am.[5]The Tribunal has received no correspondence since the claim.[6]The respondent said it had had no contact from the claimant. The claimant had not responded to the agenda which it sent to her.[7]We consider that the claimant has acted unreasonably in failing to attend the hearing without explanation. We consider it to be in line with the overriding objective, in terms of dealing with issues in ways which are proportionate, avoiding delay and saving expense, to dismiss the claim.