A Wells v Lidl Great Britain Ltd: 6033646/2025
JUDGMENT
The complaint of sex discrimination is struck out.REASONS
[1]The Tribunal wrote to the Claimant on 5 May 2026 warning him that the Tribunal was considering striking out the sex discrimination complaint within the claim because the Claimant did not appear to advance such a claim (it did not appear to Employment Judge Midgley that the Claimant alleged that harassment or bullying had occurred because of or for a reason related to the Claimant’s sex and the Tribunal does not have a standalone jurisdiction to hear complaints of bullying that do not amount to sex discrimination. It therefore appeared to Employment Judge Midgley that a complaint of sex discrimination had no reasonable prospects of success and gave the Claimant 7 days to explain why it should not be struck out.[2]The Claimant has given no such explanation, nor has he replied to the Respondent’s application of 3 June 2026 pursuing strike out.[3]It is therefore in the interests of justice and in accordance with Rule 3 (the Overriding Objective) to strike out the Claimant’s sex discrimination complaint pursuant to Rule 38 (1) (a) (because it has no reasonable prospects of success).[4]The rest of the claim is not affected by this judgment. Approved by: