Miss M Limoine v Ms R Sharma — 2018

This was a short hearing heard on 26 October 2018 before Employment Judge Wright. No evidence was heard. The claimant had presented a breach of contract claim, and the respondent presented an employer's contract claim, which the tribunal had already accepted. The claimant was told to respond within 28 days if she wished to contest the employer's claim, but no out-of-time response was made after Miss Jagroo became involved in June or July 2018.

The tribunal stated that the respondent sought £1,970.00 by way of the employer's contract claim. It granted default judgment in the respondent's favour on that claim. The tribunal then accepted the respondent's sensible agreement to offset the claimant's claim of £685.00, leaving £1,285.00 payable to the respondent.

In light of that offset and the absence of evidence, the tribunal said it was not in accordance with the overriding objective to hear evidence on the claimant's claim, and the claimant's claim was dismissed. The judgment records no other remedy, and the bottom-line sum ordered was £1,285.00 payable by the claimant to the respondent.