Mr C Echendu (Administrator of the estate of Obiukwu Chigozie Iwuchukwu) First v South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Second Respondent: Dr I Martin Heard in person at Newcastle — 2023

At the hearing on 23 May 2023 before Employment Judge Aspden, with no attendance for the claimant, the tribunal dealt with strike-out applications on the papers before it. Ms C Millns, counsel, appeared for the respondents and Dr I Martin appeared in person for the second respondent.

The tribunal struck out the claimant's Equality Act 2010 complaints of race discrimination, disability discrimination and victimisation as an abuse of process. It also struck out the breach of contract claim insofar as it was brought under the Employment Tribunals (Extension of Jurisdiction) Order 1994 as an abuse of process.

The tribunal further held that it had no jurisdiction to consider the common-law negligence and/or breach of duty of care claim, the part of the breach of contract claim brought otherwise than under the Extension of Jurisdiction Order, and the victimisation complaint insofar as it was advanced outside the Equality Act 2010. The judgment ordered the claimant to pay the first respondent £8,946 in costs.