Ms S Khan v Spire Healthcare Limited — 2023

This was a record of a preliminary hearing before Employment Judge Joffe on 11 January 2023. The hearing was listed to determine the respondent's application to strike out the claimant's claims under rule 37 of the Tribunal Rules for failure to comply with Tribunal orders and on the basis that the claimant was not actively pursuing the claims. The tribunal did not strike out the claims, and the final hearing remained as previously listed.

The tribunal recorded that the final hearing date had been put in jeopardy by the claimant's failure to comply with directions and failure to respond to correspondence from the respondent, after the importance of compliance had been explained by Employment Judge Snelson at a case management preliminary hearing on 21 November 2022. The tribunal made new directions on a tight timetable and imposed unless orders requiring the claimant to provide disclosure, respond on the hearing bundle, and exchange witness statements by specified dates, with dismissal to follow automatically if those orders were not met.

No substantive liability issues were determined, no discrimination findings were made, and no remedy was awarded in this judgment.