MR J HAGAG v METROPOLE HOTEL (HOLDINGS) LTD. [2001] UKEAT 1246_00_2704
[1]APPEARANCES For the Appellant No appearance or representation by or on behalf of the Appellant This is an ex-parte preliminary hearing of an appeal by Mr Hagag, in order to determine whether the case shows sufficient grounds for the matter to proceed to a full hearing. Once again, the Applicant is not represented, and the matter is dealt with on the basis of the documentation.[2]The appeal is against the Decision of the Brighton Employment Tribunal, given on 6 July 2000 by which the complaint of unfair dismissal was dismissed, firstly on the basis that the Appellant had only been employed between September 1999 and March 2000 and therefore had an insufficient period of employment to found a claim of unfair dismissal and secondly that he had not in any event been dismissed, but had resigned.[3]The Notice of Appeal sets out as the ground for challenge of that Decision that the end of the employment was a result of dismissal and not resignation. Again, we are satisfied that the Employment Tribunal properly took account of the evidence before it, and reached an unassailable conclusion in the light of that evidence. No point of law arises to require a full hearing. The appeal is dismissed.