No attendance For the v Respondent — 2022

The claimant presented the claim in the Bristol Tribunal on 29 June 2021. By the time of the 9 June 2022 hearing, the case had been transferred to Leeds and was listed as the third case management hearing for the multiple. The tribunal recorded that the claimant had not complied with orders, that a strike-out warning had been issued, and that he had been required to show cause by 4.30pm that day why the claim should not be struck out.

The claimant did not attend the hearing and was not represented. The tribunal noted that his absence might reflect something untoward having happened to him, but also said the more likely explanation was that he had abandoned the claim and was getting on with his life. In those circumstances, and taking account of fairness to all the parties and the need to comply with directions, Employment Judge JM Wade dismissed the claim at the preliminary hearing pursuant to Rule 47.

The judgment records dismissal of the pleaded claims of unfair dismissal, religion or belief discrimination, "I am owed other payments", and "losing bonuses and my job due to not taking an experimental drug". No merits findings or remedy assessment were made, and the judgment notes that an application for reconsideration would be possible if the claimant could explain the serial failures to date and the non-attendance at the hearing.