Mr R Grozdanov v Redstone Converged Solutions Ltd — 2021

At a remote preliminary hearing on 12 May 2021, Employment Judge Daniels sat alone with the claimant appearing in person and the respondent represented by counsel. The claimant had the assistance of a Bulgarian interpreter for part of the hearing. The tribunal recorded that the claimant had withdrawn the disability discrimination, unlawful deductions from wages, redundancy payment and other payments claims.

The tribunal struck out the claimant's contention that he was employed under a contract of employment within s.230(1) ERA 1996 and that the Employment Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear unfair dismissal and/or notice pay complaints under s.94 ERA 1996. That part of the case was struck out under Rule 37 as having no reasonable prospect of success. The respondent's application that the claimant's worker-status contention under s.230(3) ERA 1996 should be struck out or made the subject of a deposit order was rejected as not well founded.

The race/nationality discrimination claim and the holiday pay claim were permitted to proceed, but only insofar as they had been itemised at the previous case management hearing. The tribunal also made disclosure-related unless orders requiring the claimant to provide typed transcripts of handwritten diary notes and notification of the audio recordings he intended to rely on, with the warning that the claims he then pursued could be struck out without further notice if he did not comply. The final hearing was listed for 16 May 2022 before an Employment Judge sitting with members.