Miss Alicia Salter v Fast Line Training Services Limited — 2022

Miss Salter presented her claim on 5 January 2022. The tribunal recorded that it raised complaints of unfair dismissal, discrimination on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity, and a claim for other payments. The hearing on 21 July 2022 was conducted remotely and the claimant did not attend or act through representation; the respondent was represented by its managing director, Terry Rayner.

The reasons section sets out repeated tribunal correspondence to the claimant between January and July 2022. That correspondence included acknowledgment of the claim, notification that the claim appeared to have been presented late, notice of a preliminary hearing, later notice of a two-day hearing in October 2022, and requests for a schedule of loss, an agreed schedule of issues, and a response to the tribunal's strike-out warning.

The tribunal found that the claimant had not responded to any of that correspondence. Applying Rule 37(1)(d) of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure, and noting that a claim may not be struck out unless the party has had a reasonable opportunity to make representations under Rule 37(2), the tribunal concluded that the claim had not been actively pursued.

The judgment states that the entire claim was struck out. No substantive findings were made on the merits of the unfair dismissal or pregnancy and maternity discrimination complaints, and no remedy was awarded.