Case 2209536/2023 · Employment Tribunal

Mr Dean Owens-Cooper v Odeon Cinemas Limited — 2023

Case reference: 2209536/2023
Decision date: 2 November 2023
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge H Clark Representation
Venue: London Central via Cloud Video Platform

Indexed: 23 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Mr Dean Owens-Cooper

Respondent

Odeon Cinemas Limited

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

Mr Dean Owens-Cooper's claim against Odeon Cinemas Limited was listed for hearing on 2 November 2023 at London Central via the Cloud Video Platform. The claimant did not appear and was not represented. The respondent appeared by Mr Santy, solicitor.

Employment Judge H Clark struck out the claim under rules 37(1)(b) and 37(1)(d). The written record states that the claim was not actively pursued and/or that the claimant's conduct of the proceedings was unreasonable. No merits findings were made and no remedy was awarded.

The judgment is a short oral-decision record and does not set out the underlying factual allegations beyond the strike-out basis. The extraction identifies the pleaded jurisdiction as disability discrimination from the case listing context supplied for this record.

Claims and outcomes

1 finding recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Disability discrimination	The short written record does not set out the substantive pleaded allegations. The case context supplied for extraction identifies the claim as disability discrimination, and the tribunal struck out the claim under rules 37(1)(b) and 37(1)(d) because it was not actively pursued and/or the claimant's conduct of the proceedings was unreasonable.	Struck out	Disability	—

Legal tests applied

1 reference

Official outcome judgment PDF

Gov.uk primary record

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