Claimant v Smurfit Kappa UK Limited — 2020

Case reference: 1403387/2019
Decision date: 3 March 2020
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Fowell Representation
Venue: Exeter

Indexed: 21 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Respondent

Smurfit Kappa UK Limited

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

At Exeter on 3 March 2020, Employment Judge Fowell dealt with a preliminary issue in the claim brought by Mr C Baker against Smurfit Kappa. The claimant did not appear; the respondent was represented by Mr S Crawford of counsel.

The tribunal held that the claim was struck out because it had been presented out of time. No substantive merits determination is recorded in the extracted judgment text.

The written record also states that reasons had been given orally at the hearing and that written reasons would not be provided unless requested within 14 days.

Claims and outcomes

1 finding recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Other	The judgment is on a preliminary issue and states that the claim was struck out because it was presented out of time. The extracted text does not identify the substantive cause of action.	Struck out	—	—

Official outcome judgment PDF

Gov.uk primary record

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How we got this data

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