Mr Q Buchanan v City Facilities Management (UK) Ltd — 2026

The claimant did not attend the public preliminary hearing on 4 November 2019 and did not send written representations. The Tribunal was satisfied that notices of the hearing had been properly sent and decided it was appropriate to proceed in his absence after hearing the respondent.

The ET1 indicated complaints of unfair dismissal, unpaid notice pay, holiday pay, arrears of wages, redundancy payment, and discrimination on the protected grounds of race and religion. The claimant was dismissed on 17 April 2019, notified ACAS on 11 July 2019, received the ACAS certificate the same day, and submitted the ET1 on 14 August 2019. The Tribunal found that the unfair dismissal, notice pay, holiday pay, arrears of wages, and discrimination complaints were presented outside the applicable time limits, even allowing for early conciliation.

For the unfair dismissal, notice pay, holiday pay, and arrears of wages complaints, the Tribunal found there was no evidence that it had not been reasonably practicable to present the claims within time. It therefore dismissed those complaints. For the race and religion discrimination complaints, the Tribunal noted that the ET1 contained only ticked boxes, did not state the claimant's race or religion, and did not provide information about when, how, or by whom any discrimination was alleged to have occurred. It found it was not just and equitable to extend time and dismissed those complaints.

The redundancy payment complaint was submitted within the prescribed period, but the Tribunal found it had no reasonable prospect of success. The claimant had provided no information supporting redundancy, while his ET1 referred to a disciplinary hearing he failed to attend and the respondent's ET3 stated that he was dismissed for disciplinary reasons. The Tribunal dismissed all proceedings in their entirety and made no monetary award.