Mrs M Raheem v The Secretary of State for Justice — 2020

At a preliminary hearing, the claimant withdrew her claims in their entirety. The judgment records that since the last preliminary hearing the claimant had been dismissed and a further claim had been intimated; the claimant sought to start afresh with the new claim rather than comply with previous orders, saying that defects in the previous claim could not be rectified.

The tribunal recorded the reasons advanced for permitting withdrawal without dismissal, including the claimant's position that the original claim was lodged late while she was a litigant in person, that she had been awaiting grievance outcomes, that she had since been dismissed, and that she was now represented. Under rule 52, Employment Judge Broughton reluctantly agreed not to dismiss the claims and reserved the claimant's rights to raise them again.

The tribunal stated that nothing in the outcome prevented either party from relying on matters raised in these proceedings in any future claim, but the claimant could not rely on the dates of these claims or intimated additional claims for time-limit purposes. The judgment also stated that new claims would not necessarily extend time limits for earlier allegations and that, absent further applications within 28 days, the file would be closed.