No attendance For the v Mr S Calvert, manager, with Mr Foster-Morgan, shift manager — 2023

At the final hearing in Leeds on 14 June 2023, the claimant did not attend and was not represented. The respondent attended by Mr S Calvert, manager, and Mr Foster-Morgan, shift manager. The judge recorded that the claimant had presented complaints of constructive unfair dismissal, other payments, and 'using drugs to me', and that standard directions had been issued after the claims were presented on 31 January 2023 and listed for hearing by notice dated 22 February 2023.

The judge said there had been no contact from the claimant since he left his employment, no compliance with the standard case management orders, and no response when the tribunal clerk called the two telephone numbers given on the ET1. After considering whether to adjourn, proceed in the claimant's absence, or dismiss under Rule 47, the judge concluded that dismissal was fair in all the circumstances. The judgment notes that deciding the merits in a party's absence would not often be consistent with justice, and that if the claimant later had a good explanation for non-attendance he could seek reconsideration. All claims were dismissed, and no remedy was awarded.