Mr. R Lowdon v Mach Recruitment Limited — 2022

The claimant brought claims of race discrimination and disability discrimination. The respondent did not file a response, and neither party attended the final hearing listed by CVP on 7 November 2022.

The tribunal found that the claims appeared to be out of time because the events appeared to have taken place in December 2021, while the claim form was filed on 25 August 2022. The claim form gave no explanation for why the claims had not been made earlier, and the tribunal had received no contact from the claimant or his representative after the claim was filed.

The tribunal recorded that efforts to contact the claimant's representative by email and telephone were unsuccessful, and that the claimant and representative did not appear. Taking account of the apparent time issue, the lack of information supporting a just and equitable extension of time, the absence of contact, and the unclear basis for the disability discrimination claim, the tribunal determined that it was in the interests of justice to dismiss all claims.