Ms A Lopes & others v Do & Co Event & Airline Catering Limited — 2025

The respondent applied to strike out remaining claims on the basis of late updated schedules of loss, alleged failure to withdraw duplicate claims, and lack of qualifying employment. By the time of the hearing, the qualifying-employment cases had already been struck out, and the strike-out application still pursued concerned five late schedules and alleged duplicates involving Dhaul, Somal/Soman, and Ranjit Singh.

The tribunal found that the late schedules were provided 14 days after the deadline and that this was non-compliance with a tribunal order, satisfying the threshold for strike out. It refused strike out as disproportionate because liability had already been established, remedy hearings had not yet been listed, the delay would not affect any remedy hearing, and a fair trial of remedy remained possible.

On the alleged duplicates, the tribunal found there was no duplicate claim in the name of Dhaul. It found that the Somal/Soman duplicate had been withdrawn late. For the two Ranjit Singh claims, the tribunal found that the same date of birth and address had been repeated by mistake for two different claimants with the same name, and that amendment of one claim was a proportionate course. The respondent's costs application for the preliminary hearing was also refused.