Mr M Saleh v Global Support Services (UK) Ltd — 2025

The case was listed for a hearing at Watford on 27 August 2025 before Employment Judge Quill sitting alone. Neither side attended or was represented. The Respondent had emailed the day before seeking either a postponement or a move to a remote hearing, but those applications were refused. The Tribunal also recorded that the hearing notice and case management orders had been properly sent to both parties.

The Respondent’s strike-out application was refused. Its correspondence argued that the Claimant was not an employee or worker, that the contractual arrangements were with H4K9 LTD rather than the Claimant personally, and that Part II of the Employment Rights Act 1996 did not give the Tribunal jurisdiction. The Judge said the documents produced were evidence of disputed facts, but were not conclusive without witness evidence.

Applying Rule 47 on non-attendance, the Judge considered whether to proceed in the Claimant’s absence or to postpone the hearing. The Tribunal noted that the parties had not complied with orders to provide electronic copies of documents, that the Claimant had not replied to the Tribunal’s emails, and that the phone call made by the clerk was unanswered. The Judge inferred on the balance of probabilities that the Claimant was not intending to pursue the claim.

The claim was therefore dismissed in accordance with Rule 47. No substantive liability findings were made, and no remedy was awarded.