Mrs Sehar Omar v JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. – London Branch — 2025

The claimant brought complaints of direct disability discrimination, disability-related harassment and direct race discrimination. The respondent applied to strike out the claim after evidence emerged that the claimant had allegedly worked full-time for StatPro while employed by the respondent, and after issues arose about documents supplied in connection with the proceedings.

The tribunal proceeded in the claimant's absence after considering rule 47 and the information available about her non-attendance. It accepted evidence that the claimant had worked for StatPro at the same time as for the respondent, found on the balance of probabilities that she was not a qualified barrister, and found that two letters said to be from Kingston Private Health and two letters said to be from a Priory consultant psychiatrist were forgeries.

The tribunal concluded that rule 38 grounds were satisfied because the claim was scandalous or vexatious, the claimant's conduct of the proceedings had been scandalous, unreasonable and vexatious, and there had been partial non-compliance with a disclosure order. It also concluded that a fair trial was no longer possible and that strike out of the whole claim was proportionate.