Ms R Stangroom-Teel v Leonard Cheshire Disability Considered: In Chambers - Mold — 2024

In chambers on 7 October 2024, Employment Judge T. Vincent Ryan considered the claimant's written application for reconsideration of the tribunal's 17 July 2024 decision refusing certain applications to amend her claim. The original decision had allowed the claimant to provide further and better particulars and indicated that some rejected amendments might be revisited if supported by grievance documentation, but the reconsideration application was made after the claimant's further material and the respondent's written opposition had been received.

The tribunal refused reconsideration. It held that it was not in the interests of justice to allow the application and that there was no reasonable prospect of the original decision being varied or revoked. The judge found that the further particulars and supporting documentation did not provide the specificity required to justify the new allegations, including those dependent on direct quotations.

The tribunal relied on the rationale in the original decision and accepted the respondent's submissions opposing reconsideration. The result was that the earlier refusals to allow the amendments remained in place.