No attendance v StreetTeam Software Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) — 2023

The claimant did not attend the hearing on 24 November 2023. A notice of hearing had been sent on 2 October 2023 by post and email to the addresses on the court file, and a link for the CVP hearing had also been sent by email. The tribunal attempted to contact the claimant by email on the day, but received no response, and the claimant had not provided a telephone number.

In deciding whether to dismiss the claim, Employment Judge Hart took account of the fact that the claimant had also failed to attend an earlier hearing before Employment Judge Ramsden on 7 June 2023. After that hearing, the claimant was ordered to tell the tribunal by 28 June 2023 why he had not attended and whether he wished to pursue the claim, but no response was received. Having made such enquiries as were practicable about the claimant's absence, the tribunal dismissed the claim under rule 47 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013.

The written judgment states that the dismissal covered the claimant's claims for non-payment of wages, contractual notice pay, non-payment of expenses and any other claim set out in case number 2302876/2022. The tribunal did not determine the substantive merits of those complaints and made no monetary award.