N Stevens v Hygiene Contracts Ltd: 6017619/2024
JUDGMENT
[1]The claimant’s claim is dismissed under Rule 47 Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 following her failure to attend the case management preliminary hearing today.[2]When deciding to dismiss the claim under Rule 47, I considered the following information:- 2.1. The claimant had been sent a notice of the hearing in respect of today to the e-mail address provided on her claim form; 2.2. No reasons have been provided by the claimant to explain her absence; 2.3. The Tribunal attempted to contact the claimant by telephone on five occasions at approximately 10.10. The phone rang out and eventually went to voicemail; 2.4. The Tribunal sent the claimant an email at approximately 10.10 and waited until 10.30 and there was no response; Case Number: 6017619/2024 2.5. The Tribunal attempted to telephone the claimant again at 10.21 and again, there was no answer; 2.6. The respondent's representative explained to me that she had attempted to contact the claimant by email on 25 March 2025 regarding the case management hearing, sending her a copy of an agenda. The email had been received as she received a read receipt; 2.7. The Tribunal waited until 10.30 and there was no response from the claimant.[3]In all the circumstances, I consider that it is in accordance with the overriding objective to dismiss the claim under Rule 47.