Case 3300832/2024 · Employment Tribunal
Ms C Webster v Ministry of Defence — 2025
- Case reference
- 3300832/2024
- Decision date
- 3 October 2025
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Bartlett Representation
- Venue
- Watford employment Tribunal via CVP
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Ms C Webster
Respondent
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningThe preliminary hearing concerned the claimant's application, dated 23 June 2025, to amend her grounds of claim. The claimant abandoned a proposed amendment relating to section 47C ERA, leaving only an application to add an indirect discrimination claim on the basis of sex under section 19 Equality Act 2010.
The tribunal found that the amendment added a new cause of action but no new facts. It accepted that the amendment would require the respondent to address new legal issues, including disclosure and possible witness evidence about policy matters, but considered that the additional factual enquiry was limited and overlapped with matters already raised in the existing pleadings.
Although the application was around 18 months out of time, the tribunal considered it just and equitable to extend time, noting that the final hearing was listed more than two years later and that allowing the amendment would not jeopardise existing case management or the final hearing. Balancing the injustice and hardship of allowing or refusing the amendment, the tribunal granted the application and ordered the respondent to file and serve amended grounds of resistance within 28 days.
Claims and outcomes
1 finding recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | The tribunal granted the claimant's application to amend the grounds of claim to add an indirect sex discrimination claim under section 19 Equality Act 2010. The substantive discrimination claims were not decided at this preliminary hearing. | Upheld | — | — |
Legal tests applied
8 references- Rule 30 and Rule 3 of the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2024
- Selkent Bus Co Ltd v Moore
- Ali v Office of National Statistics
- Abercrombie v Aga Rangemaster Ltd
- CX v Secretary of State for Justice
- section 123 Equality Act 2010
- just and equitable to extend time
- balance of injustice and hardship
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