Mr D Tarrant v Erith Plant Services Ltd: 6014271/2025
JUDGMENT
The proceedings are dismissed in full under Rule 47 Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2025.REASONS
[1]Today’s hearing was listed to be heard by CVP for case management purposes.[2]The claim relates to a short period of employment which ended on 7 March 2025. The claimant entered into Acas Early Conciliation on 11 April 2025 which ended on 16 April 2025. He lodged his claim in the Employment Tribunal on 23 April 2025. He gave his address, email address and telephone number in the case details.[3]The clerk attempted to contact the claimant on numerous occasions during the morning and early afternoon of today, the case being listed to start at 2.15 pm. My clerk told me that her calls to the telephone number provided by the claimant was indicating that it was not being recognised and her emails were bouncing back.[4]Mr. Nicholls told me that he had not had any contact with the claimant since on or about 25 March 2025. He had attempted to contact the claimant on or about 17 October 2025 and had received no response to his letter and telephone call. Mr. Nicholls had attempted to share the Agenda with the claimant by email on 20 January 2026 and had received a bounce back message.[5]A search of the Tribunal’s email inbox did not reveal any correspondence from the claimant.[6]I waited until 2.30 pm to see if the claimant would attend. He did not appear, and nor was he represented at the hearing. Relevant provision[7]Rule 47 of The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 provides as follows: “47. If a party fails to attend or to be represented at a hearing the Tribunals may dismiss the claim or proceed with the hearing in the absence of that party. Before doing so, it must consider any information which is available to it, after any enquiries that may be practicable, about the reasons for the party’s absence.”[8]Taking into account the above information, I determined that the case should be dismissed in full under Rule 47 due to non-attendance of the claimant as that would be in furtherance of the overriding object (Rule 3) to avoid further time and costs being wasted.[9]The claim is therefore dismissed in full. Judge Callan Dated 29 January 2026 1 April 2026 For the Tribunals Office Note Written reasons for the judgment will not be provided unless a request is made by either party within 14 days of the sending of this written record of the decision. If written reasons are requested they will be placed on line.