Miss N Hunter v Greater Glasgow Health Board: 4104228/2018
JUDGMENT
The Judgment of the Tribunal is that the claim should be dismissed as a result of the claimant’s failure to attend or be represented at the hearing scheduled for 28 January 2019, in accordance with Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013.REASONS
[1]The claimant submitted a claim to the Tribunal on 24 April 2018. Since that date there appears to have been no contact from the claimant to the Tribunal.[2]The Tribunal have sent letters to the claimant’s home address, as followsa. 1 May 2018 – acknowledgement of claim;b. 1 June 2018 – response accepted;c. 19 June 2018 – case management orders;d. 28 August 2018 – date listing stencil;e. 11 September 2018 – further date listing stencil; andf. 29 October 2018 – Notice of Hearing to take place on 28-30 January 2019.[3]The respondent’s representative was in contact with the claimant in January 2019, in relation to preparation for the Hearing. That contact was by email (on E.T. Z4 (WR) 10 & 16 January 2019) in relation to the bundle, a chronology and compliance with orders. In addition, the respondent’s representative spoke to the claimant by telephone on/around 14 January 2019 in relation to preparation for the Hearing.[4]The claimant did not attend the Tribunal on 28 January 2019. The Tribunal’s clerk telephoned the claimant on the number provided on the claim form. The Tribunal understand that the claimant answered and the clerk introduced herself and explained that there was a hearing scheduled before the Employment Tribunal that day. The claimant then hung up and did not pick up her telephone when the clerk tried to call her again.[5]In considering the information available to the Tribunal, as outlined above, and after having sought to make enquiries by telephone about the reasons for the claimant’s absence, the Tribunal decided to dismiss the claim, in accordance with Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013. I confirm that this is my judgment in the case of Hunter v Greater Glasgow Health Board - 4104228/2018 and that I have signed the judgment by electronic signature.