Ms G Hennebry v Delamode Anglia Limited — 2026

The claim was listed for a final hearing by CVP on 5 May 2026. The notice of hearing was sent by email on 17 April 2026 and the CVP link was sent on 1 May 2026. The claimant did not attend, and the Tribunal recorded that she had also failed to attend a previous hearing on 6 November 2025.

On the morning of the hearing the Tribunal contacted the claimant by email and telephone. She did not answer the telephone or respond to emails. The respondent submitted that the claimant had failed to attend and that the Tribunal had made practicable enquiries about the reason for her absence.

The Tribunal applied Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, noting its power to dismiss a claim or proceed in a party's absence after considering available information about the reasons for non-attendance. It also referred to Roberts v Skelmersdale College and Cooke v Glenrose Fish Co Ltd on the discretion to dismiss and the approach of seeking to contact the absent claimant.

Employment Judge Emery found that the claimant was aware of the hearing, had not contacted the Tribunal or the parties to say she could not attend, and had not responded to the Tribunal's attempts to contact her. In the absence of evidence of a good reason, the Tribunal dismissed all claims under Rule 47. No remedy was awarded.