Miss. M. Gillard v Domiciliary Care Experts CORRECTED — 2025

This was a reconsideration judgment, not a merits decision on the underlying employment claims. The respondent asked the tribunal to reconsider its earlier decision of 7 February 2025 refusing an extension of time to present a response and rejecting the response because it had been filed outside the permitted time limit. The respondent said reconsideration was in the interests of justice because the delay was only one day.

The tribunal refused the application. It found there was no prospect of the earlier decision being revoked or varied, noted that the respondent had already been given an extension of time but still failed to meet the deadline because of an administrative error, and said reconsideration is not an opportunity to re-litigate matters or to have a second bite at the cherry. The tribunal referred to the importance of finality in litigation and cited Ministry of Justice v Burton and Liddington v 2Gether NHS Foundation Trust. It also stated that any asserted error of law should be corrected on appeal rather than through reconsideration. No monetary remedy was awarded in this decision.